Hello Tweets and OBOLers,

Today while conducting our morning route on the Satsop CBC we located 16 RED PHALAROPES from 2 separate flooded locations,which all add to the recent Red Phalarope sightings in Oregon and Washington. Our first group of Red Phalaropes were 11 birds in a very flooded area along Dunlap Rd. followed by a group of 5 birds in another flooded area further west near North Blockhouse Rd. These areas lie in eastern Grays Harbor Co.(in Washington State)and were the largest concentrations of this species from others also noted during this same CBC and were definitely our main highlight of the day considering the inland location. Due to very large amounts of flooded areas within the Brady-Elma area a few areas were inaccessible to vehicle and foot traffic,but the entire preliminary count for the Satsop CBC came to 110 species with many other highlights. Some of these other noteworthy species observed in other areas included a Red-necked Grebe,2 Green Herons,3 Canvasbacks,Long-tailed Duck,White-tailed Kite,probable Red-shouldered Hawk,Ruffed Grouse,Red-necked Phalarope(s)(very questionable),Barred Owl,Anna's Hummingbird,House Wren(very questionable),Western Bluebird(s),and Swamp Sparrow.

Our personal count area yielded 75 species with much of the time spent on foot. Away from the Red Phalaropes other nice species observed in our personal area included the following:

18 Tundra Swans
25 Trumpeter Swans
1 Eurasian Wigeon
84 Dunlin
8 Wilson's Snipe
2 Band-tailed Pigeons
1 Great Horned Owl
2 Barn Owls
39 Western Scrub Jays
2 Hermit Thrushes
27 Am.Pipits
1 Hutton's Vireo
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Townsend's Warbler
2 adult White-throated Sparrows
3 Western Meadowlarks
6 Purple Finches


Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
Fircrest,WA
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