On Saturday morning at high tide, there were also 2 rock sandpipers at the
base of the Pt. Brown Jetty in addition to other numbers Charlie mentioned.
The rock sandpipers were in a mixed flock of black turnstone and a single
surfbird.

Scott Downes
downess at charter.net
Yakima WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Wright" <c.wright7 at comcast.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:21 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] King Eider at Ocean Shores


> Hello All,
> My dad and I saw the female King Eider at the same location it has
> frequented for the past 9+ months. This is Grays Harbor in the bay behind
> the Ocean Shores STP. There are hundreds of scoters in the area of all
> three species, but the eider sticks out like mad. There were also 3
> Long-tailed Ducks and a Harlequin Duck out in the bay, and 24 Greater
> White-fronted and one Snow Goose at the STP. At least 200 Black-legged
> Kittiwakes were visible from the base of the Point Brown Jetty.
> That's all,
> Charlie Wright
> Bonney Lake, Washington
>
>