Subject: [Tweeters] Tulalip Bay to Fir Island - Great Egret and Red Knot
Date: Sep 29 18:46:24 2009
From: Steve Pink - pirangas at hotmail.com



Hi,



Started at Tulalip Bay where 3 Bald Eagles seemed to be discouraging all but a few Black-bellied Plovers on the spit.



At Stanwood by the wetland area by the bridge to Cameno Island - a few Short-billed Dows with about 25 Long-bills plus one Pectoral and one Greater Yellowlegs.



At Big Ditch - one Great Egret and about 20 Greater Yellowlegs. A few Cackling Geese with a large flock of Canada Geese.



At the Skagit Game Range - two Pectoral Sandpipers with a group of c20 Long-billed Dows.



At Jensen access from about 2 pm - one Red Knot in amongst the Black-bellied Plovers. About 7 Pectoral Sandpipers and a few Dows. A couple of visiting birders form PA may have seen the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper earlier - around noon.



In the Stilly Valley - at about 5:30 pm had about 20 Turkey Vultures with attendant Ravens seemingly looking for a roosting spot.



Cheers and good birding

Steve Pink Edmonds, WA mailto: pirangas at hotmail.com



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