Hi Tweeters,

Here is the trip report from Saturday, August 15th. Steve Nord and I had a great time birding near the Gray's Harbour area.

Yes, snowy plovers numbers are significantly low according to the Fish and Wildlife agent who was monitoring the birds on Saturday. Only one pair has nested successfully this year with 3 chicks at Midway Beach. They were adorable to see.

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> August 15, 2009
> TOKELAND, WA
> 8:00-9:00
>
> Double-crested Cormorant 74
> Great Blue Heron 18
> Willet 6
> Whimbrel 4
> Bar-tailed Godwit 1 (suspected)
> Marbled Godwit 608
> Least Sandpiper 36
> Heermann's Gull 112
> Western Gull 147
> California Gull 1
> Glaucous-winged Gull 5
> Caspian Tern 11
> Pigeon Guillemot 2
> Hummingbird sp. 1
> Purple Martin 7
> Barn Swallow 14
> European Starling 116
> Red-winged Blackbird 9
> Brewer's Blackbird 4
>
> NORTH COVE
> 9:05-9:15
>
> Brown Pelican 13
> Bald Eagle 1 (imm)
> Heermann's Gull 80
> Ring-billed Gull 354
> California Gull 9
> Caspian Tern 82
> Hummingbird sp. 1
> Steller's Jay 1
> American Crow 2
> Violet-green Swallow 6
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
>
> Harbor Porpoise 1
>
> MIDWAY BEACH
> 9:30-10:35
>
> Surf Scoter 40
> Red-throated Loon 1
> Sooty Shearwater 7
> Brown Pelican 14
> Northern Harrier 1
> Snowy Plover 4 (1 adult, 3 chicks)
> Sanderling 60
> Western Sandpiper 11
> Least Sandpiper 5
> Wilson's Snipe 1
> Red-necked Phalarope 3
> Heermann's Gull 929
> Western Gull 37
> California Gull 56
> Caspian Tern 17
> Common Murre 400
> Rhinoceros Auklet 2
> Mourning Dove 1
> Northern Flicker 1
> Horned Lark 1
> Barn Swallow 82
> Cedar Waxwing 4
> Common Yellowthroat 6
> Savannah Sparrow 5
> Song Sparrow 1
> American Goldfinch 9
>
>
> BOTTLE BEACH
> 10:55-12:00
>
> Mallard 14
> Brown Pelican 157
> Great Blue Heron 9
> Bald Eagle 2 (2 ad)
> Black-bellied Plover 109
> Semipalmated Plover 7
> Greater Yellowlegs 1
> Sanderling 1
> Western Sandpiper 810
> Least Sandpiper 36
> Dowitcher sp. 115
> Ring-billed Gull 186
> Western Gull 9
> Caspian Tern 2
> Steller's Jay 1
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 2
> Bewick's Wren 3
> Cedar Waxwing 1
> American Goldfinch 11
>
> Harbor Seal 283
>
> OCEANSHORES, WA
> 13:25-16:00
>
> Canada Goose 26
> Gadwall 4
> Mallard 5
> Northern Shoveler 13
> Northern Pintail 2
> Green-winged Teal 16
> Surf Scoter 32
> Red-breasted Merganser 1
> Red-throated Loon 8
> Common Loon 5
> Brown Pelican 702
> Brandt's Cormorant 3
> Double-crested Cormorant 364
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Cooper's Hawk 1 (imm)
> Killdeer 1
> Greater Yellowlegs 9
> Lesser Yellowlegs 4
> Least Sandpiper 1
> Pectoral Sandpiper 2
> Short-billed Dowitcher 3
> Long-billed Dowitcher 2
> Red-necked Phalarope 14
> Heermann's Gull 398
> Ring-billed Gull 50
> Western Gull 407
> California Gull 55
> Glaucous-winged Gull 4
> Caspian Tern 74
> Rhinoceros Auklet 1
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> American Crow 34
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 26
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
> Brown Creeper 1
> American Robin 2
> European Starling 4
> Spotted Towhee 1
> Brown-headed Cowbird 1 (imm)
> American Goldfinch 13
> House Sparrow 7
>
> Harbor Seal 35
>
Good birding,

Khanh Tran and Steve Nord (Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon