Subject: [Tweeters] Thomas Pond, Kent - Also 3 Pectorals 8-29-09
Date: Aug 29 15:05:21 2009
From: Lynn & Carol Schulz - linusq at worldnet.att.net


Oops. My apologies.
There were also 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at Thomas Pond today.
Yours, Carol Schulz
Des Moines, WA
linusq at att.net
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From: "Lynn & Carol Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:55 PM
Subject: Thomas Pond, Kent - Solitary Sand. 8-29-09


Hi Tweets:
I was down at Thomas Pond in the Kent Valley this morning at 10:30 after the rains
stopped. Some friends were already there. Shorebirds at the pond were:
SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 1. Looked like a juv.
Greater Yellowlegs - 1 adult
Western Sandpiper - approx. 30
Least Sandpiper - approx. 10
Long-b Dowitchers - 3 (2 ad, 1 juv)
One Killdeer was heard and then flew.
A wetland ecologist, Emmett Pritchard came up to see some shorebirds, and warned us
that he had to rip out some purple loosestrife, and plant some plants, and that he
would be in the mitigated area. But he did not scare the birds away. In fact, when
he was way back toward the back he apparently flushed the Solitary Sandpiper so it
was visible out in the main pond area.
A beautiful Peregrine Falcon adult with a rich orange-tan breast and belly was
perched up on the power tower...