Hello Tweets,

Yesterday we spent a warm day checking areas between Pierce Co. to Mason Co. with one stop made at the Gorst Creek Estuary in Kitsap Co. Our main efforts were made for shorebirds primarily during the late morning incoming tide. We also extended our trip to Wood Lake in Mason Co. in search of dragonflies with some birding made at that location too. Our main shorebird highlights of he day were at the Gorst Creek Estuary,where we located a single Baird's Sandpiper and up to 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers amongst a small scattered flock of Western Sandpipers. Our day began searching a few spot near our home in Pierce Co. with the most productive stop being the exposed mudflats bordering Day Island and the Narrows Marina. This stop produced a single Short-billed Dowitcher, 7 Western Sandpipers and up to 20 Least Sandpipers.We plan to check this location in upcoming weeks for migrating shorebirds during appropriate tide conditions. Other highlights of the day included the following sightings at selected locations:

Common Loon
1 off Belfair State Park,Mason Co.

Green Heron
2 juvenile birds at Titlow Beach,Pierce Co.

Wood Duck
1 near Wood Lake,Mason Co.

Surf Scoter
23 off Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Hooded Merganser
3 at Titlow Beach,Pierce Co.
4 near Wood Lake,Mason Co.

Osprey
1 near Day Island,Pierce Co.
1 along Hwy.16 near Purdy,Pierce Co.
1 near Wood Lake,Mason Co.

Greater Yellowlegs
3 at Gorst,Kitsap Co.

Spotted Sandpiper
1 at the Gorst Creek Estuary,Kitsap Co.

Western Sandpiper
7 near Day Island,Pierce Co.
47 at the Gorst Estuary,Kitsap Co.
3 at Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Least Sandpiper
20 near Day Island,Pierce Co.
1 at the Gorst Estuary,Kitsap Co.
5 at Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Short-billed Dowitcher
1 near Day Island,Pierce Co.
4 at Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Bonaparte's Gull
1 at the Gorst Estuary,Kitsap Co.
32 a Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Mew Gull
7 at the Gorst Estuary,Kitsap Co.

Mourning Dove
1 at Gorst,Kitsap Co.
1 along S.R.3 north of Belfair near the Kitsap/Mason Co. line

Pacific-slope Flycatcher
2 near Wood Lake,Mason Co.

Purple Martin
15+ at Titlow Beach

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 at Belfair S.P.,Mason Co.

Hutton's Vireo
1 near Wood Lake,Mason Co.

MacGillivray's Warbler
1 at Wood Lake,Mason Co.


Dragonfly species of the day that were encountered:

Emerald Spreadwing
Boreal Bluet
Northern Bluet
Tule Bluet
Pacific Forktail
Blue-eyed Darner
Variable Darner
Paddle-tailed Darner
Common Green Darner
Eight-spotted Skimmer
Four-spotted Skimmer
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Blue Dasher
Red-veined Meadowhawk
Striped Meadowhawk



Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
Fircrest,WA
godwit at worldnet.att.net