Subject: [Tweeters] Black Turnstones along Ruston Way in Tacoma
Date: Apr 5 23:07:34 2008
From: Rob McNair-Huff - rob at mail.whiterabbits.com


Two nights ago around 6:30 p.m. as I was running along Ruston Way in
Tacoma, along the shores of Commencement Bay, I watched a flock of
approximately 40 Black Turnstones working the rocky shoreline. I
encountered a similar sized flock last year around this time of spring
during another run. So, if you want to see a larger flock of these rock
birds before they move on to their breeding grounds, now is the time to look!

I saw a smaller number of turnstones in the same area on another run
this afternoon. The location where I have seen the birds around low or
mid-tide each time was between the Les Davies Pier and the old Asarco
site, where the birds are feeding on exposed rocks.

Happy birding,

Rob

Rob McNair-Huff ---------- Tacoma, WA
Author of Washington Disasters (Globe Pequot, 2006), Birding Washington
(Falcon Publishing, 2004)
and Insider's Guide to the Olympic Peninsula (Globe Pequot, 2001)
Mac Net Journal ---------- http://www.macnetjournal.com

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