Subject: [Tweeters] Stanwood to Fir Island 10/10
Date: Oct 10 21:27:25 2009
From: Michael Willison - sendtomichael at hotmail.com
Tweeters,
Birded a couple of local spots today and found the following:
Stanwood, Hwy 532, 1/4 m. east of Island Co. line
650 Dowitchers, but could not find ANY other shorebird in the wetlands!
Island Co, at pullout just past county line
50 Killdeer in the plowed field north side of highway, no plovers
Big Ditch, just north of Stanwood
Nothing found of interest
Game Range (Wylie and Moberg intersection)
Am. Pipit
50 Killdeer in plowed field, no plovers
Fir Island Road Skagit, Hayton Preserve
2 Greater Yellowlegs
Thousands of Snow Geese in the area
Jenson Access, 4pm, close to low tide, birds quite far out
At least 2 Am. Golden Plovers remaining from yesterday
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
40 Least Sandpiper
2 Western Sandpiper
Many Black-bellied Plover
2 SB Dowitcher
Michael Willison, Stanwood, sendtomichael at hotmail.com
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