12/17/06

I once saw a single Sanderling (from a boat) south of Tacoma before I moved to Bellingham. It looked mostly white in flight. I was satisfied at the iime of my ID. My notes are buried away somewhere.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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From: "Kevin Mack" <kevin_mack at comcast.net>
> Hi Tweets,
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> I was down at the Edmonds waterfront for a couple hours on both Saturday and
> Sunday. Western and Horned Grebes were there in abundance. Also seen were
> Double-crested Cormorants, a single Brant's Cormorant, Surf Scoters,
> Red-breasted Mergansers, Great Blue Herons, White-crowned Sparrows, Song
> Sparrows, Brewer's Blackbirds, Bonaparte's Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gulls, a
> Pigeon Guillemot in immature plumage, and a few Mallards flying by.
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> One curious sighting both days was a lone Sanderling working the tide line
> along Olympic beach between the Senior Center and the ferry dock. I didn't
> even notice him yesterday until I was 10 feet away from him as I was focused
> on a raft of scoters offshore. I stopped when I saw him and he continued to
> feed, at times coming within 5 feet of me. The same thing happened today,
> presumable with the same Sanderling on the same stretch of beach. I'm used
> to seeing Sanderlings numbering in the dozens, but this is the first time I
> have come across a lone individual. I wonder if he was separated from a
> flock during the recent windstorms. He didn't appear to be injured, and he
> appeared healthy and alert. I have posted pictures of the bird in my
> "Shorebirds and Waders III" gallery on my website here:
> http://leaningcedarstudio.com/_gii/photogalleries.htm
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> Kevin Mack
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> Edmonds, Wa
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