Peter Carr of Seattle and I travelled to Ocean Shores arriving around noon
today. At Brown's Jetty we met another birder Richard (sorry missed last
name) from Rainier Audubon and spent some time examining ROCK SANDPIPERs and
BLACK TURNERSTONEs. Next we travelled to the Sewer Treatment Plant for a
bunch of GREEN-WINGED TEAL and LESSER SCAUP but not much else. The real
action was at the breakwater and bay just to the east of the STP. After
finding all 3 SCOTER and trying to make some of the female/juveniles into
the elusive female KING EIDER, Peter and I finally found her just after
Richard left. She was on the outside of the breakwater rather than in the
bay we had spent most time looking. Large waves precluded a photo but we
saw the head field marks through binoculars and scope. Missed long-tail
duck, surfbird, black-legged kittiwake, but with the lifer eider, 40 other
bird species, 5 spouting gray whales, and sunny weather - it was a good day.



Bob Schmidt

Bothell, WA

Bobs at world-wide dot com