Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Conference Shorebirds
Date: Sep 18 21:25:57 2007
From: Eugene and Nancy Hunn - enhunn323 at comcast.net


Kathy,

We also saw Red-necked Phalaropes on the boat trip.

Gene Hunn.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Andrich" <chukarbird at yahoo.com>
To: "tweet" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Conference Shorebirds


>
> 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)
>
>
> <><><><><><><><>
>
> (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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