Tweeters,

Yesterday my family and I drove to the coast, hoping to get myself a Manx
Shearwater. Arriving at the jetty in the early afternoon I was dismayed to
see that a heavy bank of fog had just blown in. Walked out to the tip
nonetheless, hoping it would dissipate, but it never did. Visibility might
be better here in the morning. Small numbers of the usual species were
seen. Nice views of Wandering Tattlers, Ruddy Turnstones, and Surfbirds in
breeding plumage all along the jetty.

I then checked out the outer beach from Marine View Drive at a high tide.
Shorebird totals here were as follows:

Black-bellied Plover (228 ad)
Semipalmated Plover (12)
Short-billed Dowitcher (10 ad)
Red Knot (9 ad, one in full basic plumage already)
Sanderling (140 ad)
Western Sandpiper (30 ad, 12 juv)
Dunlin (2 ad)

Lastly, a stop was made at Bill's Spit where near the parking lot four
Olive-sided Flycatchers were seen feeding young. The only shorebirds on the
flats:

Semipalmated Plover (80)
Western Sandpiper (50 ad, 20 juv)
Least Sandpiper (35 ad, 12 juv)

Cheers and good birding
--
Charlie Wright
Sumner, WA
charlie at birdwright.com