Subject: Ross's & Pink-footed Geese, Red Phalarope 12/26/2003
Date: Dec 27 00:04:40 2003
From: Ryan Merrill - merrillr at bc.edu


Today Brendan McGarry and I birded from Nisqually NWR to Tokeland with several highlights:

Nisqually NWR:
Eurasian Wigeon - 1 male
Ross's Goose - 2
Purple Finch - 2 females

K Street, Hoquiam:
Pink-footed Goose - 2
Greater White-fronted Goose - 2

Ocean Shores Jetty:
Black Turnstone - 25
Rock Sandpiper - 5

Graveyard Spit, Tokeland:
Long-billed Curlew - 1

Tokeland Marina:
Whimbrel - 2
Marbled Godwit - hundreds with a few Willets and Dowitchers

Midway Beach, Grayland:
Red Phalarope - 1
Horned Lark - 25


Good Birding,

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA
merrillr AT bc.edu