Hi all-

Happened to be beach-walking with friends near Oysterville on the
Long Beach Peninsula, watching Sanderlings and Dunlin, when a worn
winter-plumaged RED KNOT flew in and landed with the flock. It hung
out a while but then, interestingly, moved well up the wide beach
into the wrack line and sat down by some driftwood. Hung out there
for a while. It looked healthy and could fly. We were near 306th
street on the west side of the peninsula; here's a Google link for
any serious CBCers. The bird was on the beach just south of 306th
street.


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=306th+street,+Oysterville,+WA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.767874,76.904297&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=46.524147,-124.053411&spn=0.035552,0.103254&om=1

I would assume given the attention paid to them during migration that
Red Knot is not a common wintering bird in Washington. Is this true?

Jesse Ellis
Seattle
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Jesse Ellis, Ph. D. candidate
Neurobiology and Behavior
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