Khanh,

Nice photos. It's clearly the same individual I saw Saturday on the PM high
tide. I noticed that the coverts were gray with a fine dark shaft streak but
heavily abraded at the tips. Likewise the tertials and primaries were
frayed. It must then be a bird in worn basic plumage, perhaps one that
failed to molt into alternate last winter?

When I got there the godwit flock was split with ca. 380 on the breakwater
too far away for careful study and the remaining 450 or so on the floating
dock just north of the road out to the pier. At first the Bar-tailed was not
on the dock but something flushed the flock and it must have joined the
group then.

Gene Hunn
Lake Forest Park, WA
enhunn323 at comcast.net

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Khanh Tran
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:53 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Tokeland Bar-tailed Godwit (PHOTOS)

Hi Tweets,

Sorry for the delay. I just got back from a great "High Tide to High Ridge"
trip, spending time in the Okanogan and Ocean Shores. Despite
intermittently bad weather, I managed to find 27 species of shorebirds and
most of the boreal target species.

For now, here are the godwit photos:

http://www.pbase.com/spruce_grouse/recent_summer_images_2009

More to come.

Good birding,

Khanh Tran (Portland, Oregon)



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