Subject: [Tweeters] where to find common murres and oystercatchers
Date: Aug 28 07:14:56 2007
From: william boehm - wdboehm at yahoo.com


will be going out on the coast this weekend, towards neah bay or rosario beach. any good areas to attempt to video oystercatchers somewhat close, and common murres? i have seen a oystercatcher pair at cape flattery, but not possible to get to the reefs below. thanks in advance.

bill
bothell, wa
wdboehm at yahoo.com

Bill and Nancy LaFramboise <billnanl at verizon.net> wrote:

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } With the water having been high on the Yakima River Delta in Richland for so long, it was time to travel a bit to see shorebirds. Bonnie Dunham and I went to the Paterson Slough Unit of Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge near Plymouth, WA today.

On the rocks in the Columbia River we were disappointed at a low number of medium sized terns. The one present was Forster?s. Other typical species such as American White Pelican, Caspian Tern, California and Ring-billed Gulls were there. The only shorebirds on the rocks were 9 Killdeer and a Spotted Sandpiper. Once we got to the interior pond, shorebirds were present in fairly good numbers and diversity.

American Avocet 6
Black-necked Stilt 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Long-billed Dowitcher 7
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 juvenile
Red-necked Phalarope 50 - estimated
Killdeer 6
Semipalmated Plover 1
Western Sandpipers 150 ? estimated but obviously the most numerous bird there
Least Sandpiper 6 noted but probably more present
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 noted but possibly more present
Sanderling 1

There were also 10 Bonaparte?s Gulls (at least 1 juvenile) there. The ducks were mostly still in molt. The Short-billed Dowitcher was feeding by itself along the reeds of the island. It was close enough to see the dark tertials with orange edges and bars as described in Sibley.

Going early to this location is a must as heat waves destroy scope clarity by 10:30 or so.

Nancy
Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland WA



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