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Date: October 4, 2004
Location: Bottle Beach, Grays Harbor County, Washington

Low temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: W
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber, Jim Duemmel, and
Ken Burden at Bottle Beach, Grays Harbor County, WA on October 4,
2004 between about 2:30 and 4:30 PM, at high tide. Ken left before
Jim and I, and missed some of the species that we saw.

Attention was focussed on the shorebirds; waterbirds and passerines
received only cursory attention, and we probably overlooked several
species that were present.

In addition to the birds, at least 3 PACIFIC TREE-FROGS were heard
calling.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 6
Brown Pelican 25
American Wigeon 50
Northern Pintail 40
Surf Scoter 200
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Black-bellied Plover 300
Pacific Golden-Plover 3 [1]
Marbled Godwit 3
Black Turnstone 2
Red Knot 5 [2]
Sanderling 100
Western Sandpiper 150
Dunlin 50 [3]
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 [4]
Long-billed Dowitcher 17
Ring-billed Gull 100
Western Gull 50
Unidentified gull 200
Northern Flicker 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
European Starling 400
Cedar Waxwing 20
Spotted Towhee 2
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 2

Footnotes:

[1] Pacific Golden-Plover-- juveniles, all in typical plumage, seen
at close range in excellent light conditions (one bird only
about 20 metres away)
[2] Red Knot-- winter-plumage birds, seen at close range among
Black-bellied Plovers
[3] Dunlin-- high numbers for this early in October
[4] Short-billed Dowitcher-- identified largely by call (as were
the Long-bills, which flushed several times)-- getting a bit late

Total number of species seen: 32