Hello All
This morning I got in some birding in calm, slightly hazy conditions from
Hoquiam to Ocean Shores. The two major highlights were a very fresh juvenile
Franklin's Gull at the Hoquiam STP and an Elegant Tern off the Ocean Shores
jetty. Shorebird numbers remain pretty low in general, with a couple
exceptions.

HOQUIAM STP (0730-0830):
Gadwall 45 mostly young of the year
Greater Scaup 15
Lesser Scaup 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Horned Grebe 2 molting ads.
Semipalmated Plover 5
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 1 juv
Western Sandpiper 280 (20ad., 260 juv)
Least Sandpiper 80 all juv.
Red-necked Phalarope 4 juvs.
FRANKLIN'S GULL 1 both on beach and in STP; digiscoped photos.
Bonaparte's Gull 2 juvs.
Caspian Tern 60
Vaux's Swift 2
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 15
Violet-green Swallow 55
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 390
Barn Swallow 500
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1
Yellow Warbler 5
Wilson's Warbler 1

BILL'S SPIT (0915-0925):
Brant (Black) 1 my first "summer" record for Ocean Shores
Common Merganser 50
Black-bellied Plover 15
Semipalmated Plover 20
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Whimbrel 6
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 1 juv.
Western Sandpiper 25 juv.
Least Sandpiper 10 juv.
California Gull 1000
Caspian Tern 9
Red Crossbill 3

DAMON POINT (0940-1050):
Surf Scoter 250
White-winged Scoter 220
Black Scoter 1 female
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 25
Common Loon 6
Brown Pelican 100
Semipalmated Plover 10
Whimbrel 1
Western Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 12
Heermann's Gull 450
Caspian Tern 60
Common Murre 1 beached on point
Horned Lark 1 singing

OCEAN SHORES STP (1110-1135):
Cackling Goose (minima) 1
Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 1
Canada Goose 35

OCEAN SHORES JETTY (1150-1245):
Surf Scoter 70
White-winged Scoter 50
Red-throated Loon 12
Common Loon 4
Western Grebe 2
Sooty Shearwater 1500 mostly well offshore, trending N, scattered
individuals in harbor.
Brown Pelican 60
Brandt's Cormorant 6
Pelagic Cormorant 8
Wandering Tattler 1
Sanderling 10
Heermann's Gull 70
California Gull 200
Western Gull 25
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 15
Caspian Tern 3
ELEGANT TERN 1 flying south steadily at some distance offshore.
Common Murre 20
Pigeon Guillemot 20
Rhinoceros Auklet 80

OCEAN SHORES OUTER BEACH (1300-1340):
(driving between Pacific Way and Taurus Ave.)
Western Grebe 4
Semipalmated Plover 425 several doing display flights w/"song"
Marbled Godwit 1 full alternate plumage
Sanderling 250
Western Sandpiper 10
DUNLIN 3 heavily molting ads.
Common Murre 15
Rhinoceros Auklet 10

CYBER LAKE (1430):
Turkey Vulture 1
Greater Yellowlegs 47 all over dock and lilypads in lake, some
swimming
Swainson's Thrush 1

This report was made with the aid of eBird v2 (http://ebird.org).

Cheers and good birding,
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington