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Date: October 3, 2004
Location: Tokeland, Pacific County, Washington

Low temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 65 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at Tokeland, Pacific
County, WA on October 3, 2004 from about 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Jim Duemmel
of Bellingham and Megan Lyden of Bellevue were also present for most
of this time and saw most of the birds, including the BAR-TAILED
GODWIT.

The tide was high during the observation period.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 100 [1]
Horned Grebe 3
Red-necked Grebe 1 [2]
Brown Pelican 40
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Blue Heron 2
Surf Scoter 30
White-winged Scoter 10
Black-bellied Plover 2 [3]
Killdeer 3
Willet 1
Whimbrel 3 [4]
Long-billed Curlew 20
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 [5]
Marbled Godwit 500 [6]
Heermann's Gull 30
Mew Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 250
California Gull 10
Western Gull 150
Glaucous-winged Gull 10
Caspian Tern 60 [7]
Belted Kingfisher 1
Steller's Jay 1
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Bushtit 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 60
American Pipit 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 6
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 10

Footnotes:

[1] Common Loon-- groups scattered widely across Willapa Bay
[2] Red-necked Grebe-- off Toke Point
[3] Black-bellied Plovers-- foot of 7th Street
[4] Whimbrels-- foot of 7th Street
[5] Bar-tailed Godwit-- winter-plumage ad., seen at foot of 7th
Street with Long-billed Curlews and about 20 Marbled Godwits;
smaller size, shorter legs, whitish underparts compared to
Marbled Godwits were very obvious
[6] Marbled Godwit-- 95% roosting on dock in marina
[7] Caspian Tern-- about 45 ad., 15 juv.; on sandbar off foot of
7th Street

Total number of species seen: 40