Hi Tweeters and Inland Birders,

Mike intended to say Red-necked Stint, which Nancy LaFramboise found on the Yakima River Delta this morning. I hope that Nancy will post an message about her incredible sighting today. She called me at about 1:30 p.m. and I was standing next to her by 3:00, having made a pretty quick trip from Yakima to Kennewick. The flock of peeps, mostly Western Sandpipers, that the stint, was, flew about twenty minutes before I got there. Nancy and I were unable to find it, so she went home, having been there since 9:00.

Kerry Turley, whom I called on my way from Yakima to the Yakima River Delta, showed up shortly after 5:00 and we found the stint about twenty minutes later. It was quite a distance away from us but the light conditions were very good. We feel we got a decent look at this incredible bird, which was in alternate plumage. It was too far away for a photo. Kerry and I watched it for about fifteen minutes before the flock again flew, this time to mudflats along the Columbia River and totally out of sight from our location.

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA


* Denny Granstrand *
* Yakima, WA *
* dgranstrand at charter.net *
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