Hi Tweeters,

I saw an amazing total of 30 shorebird species at the
WOS conference, location of notable/rare birds and a
few footnotes:

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover (Ocean Shores Game Range,
Tonquin entrance)
Pacific Golden Plover (Game Range, Bottle Beach)
Snowy Plover (Midway Beach)
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher (Pt Grenville)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs (John's River Wildlife Area)
Willet
Wandering Tattler (Brown's Point Jetty, Westhaven
Jetty, Pt. Grenville)
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit (Bottle Beach) (1)
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot (Bottle Beach)
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper (Game Range-Tonquin, Midway Beach)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Midway Beach)
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Game Range-Tonquin,
Midway Beach)
Ruff (Game Range) (2)
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe (Ocean Shores Game Range)


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(1) I saw the Bar-tailed Godwit at the receding high
tide last night. It was also seen by many at the end
of Westport Spit which is to the right of Float 21 at
Westport-I don't think Westport faces due west so
unsure of the compass direction. You have to drive
around the other side of the Coast Gaurd Facility and
hike out.

(2) Patrick Sullivan also saw a Ruff fly away from
the small stream wetland area on the way into Bottle
Beach on the Sunday trip that I went on.

It was a great conference. The mammal highlight for
two Pt. Grenville trips was beach bears. The Friday
trip saw 3 Black Bears on the beach below the point
and the Saturday trip, which I was on, saw one. Also
Black Bear footprints were noted at Midway Beach
yesterday.

Kathy
Roosting in S. King County


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