Here's the totals from my survey of the shorebirds this morning at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge located in Hoquiam:

Black-bellied Plover 24
Semipalmated Plover 150
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Red Knot 7
Western Sandpiper 3,000
Dunlin 14,100
Short-billed Dowitcher 13

Also, I saw one Merlin on the walk out to the trail. Two Peregrine Falcons worked the group of shorebirds for a few minutes for all to see. Also, I noted a small group of Common Terns on Moon Island with Caspian Terns. Lastly, on the walk out I spotted a roosting Great Horned Owl in the alders near the intersection of the loop trail near the end of the boardwalk.

See ya at the Shorebird Festival!

Tim O'Brien
Elma, WA
mailto: kertim7179 at yahoo.com




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