Subject: The Walla Walla River delta
Date: Oct 7 21:08:08 2003
From: Mike Denny - m.denny at charter.net


Hello All,
This morning out on the Walla Walla River delta we observed the following species and numbers. Water was low and it was overcast.
21 Killdeer
350 Long-billed Dowitchers
15 Pectoral Sandpipers
11 Western Sandpipers
9 Least Sandpipers
42 Am. Pipits
12 Am. White Pelicans
10 Western Grebes
3 Herring Gulls
45 California Gulls...........normally many more on site, most are to the south voting.
66 Ring-billed Gulls.........98% adult and no pink flushed birds seen.
Later Mike

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