This report was mailed for John Williams by http://birdnotes.net

Date: September 13, 2003
Location: Willapa NWR Leadbetter Unit, Pacific County, Washington

Wind direction: NE
Prevailing wind speed: 39-49 km/h gusting to: 50-61 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
Precipitation: none

On Saturday afternoon, I birded the both ends of the "Yellow Trail,"
hoping to find several target shorebirds. I was able to find several
Red Knots, but dipped on both Golden-Plovers. Overall numbers were
low. It looked like there were more birds on the edges of Grassy
Island, but I didn't have the time to head out in that direction.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) [1]
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) [2]
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) [3]
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) [4]
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) [5]
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Unidentified gull (Larus sp.)
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Footnotes:

[1] Small numbers noted in a feeding flock offshore.
[2] 3 birds near the observation deck by the parking lot.
[3] 2 birds in immature plumage within a flock of Black-bellied
Plovers resting on the beach.
[4] One mature with Sanderlings, one immature with the Black-bellied
Plovers.
[5] One immature plumaged bird near the observation deck.

Total number of species seen: 20