Hi Tweeters,
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Bill Bradford and I had a fun and successful trip to the Gray's Harbor area..? We birded there most of Saturday and until noonish on Sunday.? We missed some of our targets but still managed to see 22 species of shorebirds.? A great trip nevertheless!
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We got very close views of the Red Knot, Stilt Sandpiper, and Bar-tailed Godwit.?Always a?nice TREAT to see the large flock of?elegant and colorful Marbled Godwits.? They are so mesmerizing in flight.
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*******************Here is our trip list of shorebirds**********************?
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Black bellied Plover? (60 or so at Bottle Beach, 6 at Tokeland-Fischer Ave)
Greater Yellowlegs (heard only)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1 at Oyehut Game Range)
Willet (6 at Tokeland and dozen at OGR)
Wandering Tattler (2 at Point Brown Jetty)
Whimbrel (3 at Damon Point and 6 at OGR)
Long billed Curlew (one at Damon Point)
BAR TAILED GODWIT (Tokeland Marina at noon 9/13 with 700 plus godwits, close range)
Marbled Godwit (600 plus with Bar tailed at?Tokeland, 4 at Bottle Beach, 6 at?OGR)
RED KNOT (juvenile with dowitchers,?STILT Sandpiper?at OGR)
Sandering ( 50 or so at Damon Point)
Western Sandpiper (4000 at Bottle Beach, several at OGR)
Short billed Dowitcher ( 1 OGR and 10 at Bottle Beach)
Long billed Dowitcher (5 OGR and 8 at?Bottle?Beach)
Red necked Pharolope ( a dozen at OGR)
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper (2 at Midway, up to?12 at Damon Pt)
Pectoral Sandpiper (6 at Midway Beach, 12 plus at OGR)
SHARP TAILED SANDPIPER (one brightly colored bird amongst a dozen or more Pectoral at Game Range)
STILT SANDPIPER (one juvenile?feeding with dowitchers at Game Range)
Semipalmated Plover (8 at OGR)
Peregrine Falcon (one pair at OGR and 1 at Midway Beach)
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Probably forgot something but I will post photos later.
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Good birding,
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Khanh Tran (Portland, Oregon)
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