I did a survey this early morning of the shorebirds present at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. Here's what I found:

Black-bellied Plover 40
Semipalmated Plover 500
Red Knot 77
Dunlin 8000
Western Sandpiper 5000
Least Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Ruddy Turnstone 2

One Peregrine Falcon which was eating on the mudflats and a fly over Bald Ealge is what I saw for raptors. A couple pairs of Canada Geese have goslings already.

The Snow Goose was also present in the grass fringe towards the northeast part of the refuge.

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



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