Hello, Tweeters,

My husband and I were inspired by reports by Tim O'Brien,
Patrick and Ruth Sullivan, and others who have birded Ocean Shores and on
south to Tokeland recently. We spent yesterday and today trying to find some
of the birds mentioned in their reports. Here are the highlights of the
trip:

Sept. 13 Ocean City State Park About 200 Greater
Yellowlegs in the lake just north of the road entering the park

Sept. 14 Ocean Shores, on the beach about 8:30 am, a large flock
of 100s of Sanderlings with a few Western Sandpipers mixed in and just next
to them a larger flock of about 400 Black-Bellied Plovers, a few still in
the remnants of breeding plumage. As we watched, most of the plovers flew
off to the east.

Two Wandering Tattlers, one at Westport and one
along the rocks on the west side of the road leading into Tokeland.

About 10 American Pipits at Midway Beach.

At least 200 Marbled Godwits and about 8 Willets at
Tokeland. Couldn't find the Long-Billed Curlews.

Both days: Hundreds of Brown Pelicans, Heermanns Gulls, Surf Scoters
(Gray's Harbor), and Double-Crested Cormorants

Unlike earlier reports where thousands of Sooty Shearwaters were reports, we
only saw a handful swooping out over the waves out from Point Brown Jetty.



We had very pleasant weather with almost no wind and only
occasional rain showers both days, despite the forecast for rainy weather!

Charlotte Byers

Seattle