Rob,

Black Turnstones do winter in Commencement Bay and can normally be found on
the log booms on the opposite side, below the Cliff House. We saw them most
days last fall, while looking for the Black-Tailed Gull. Also wintering on
the logs to a lesser degree, are Least Sandpipers and 2-3 Spotted
Sandpipers. I have also seen the Turnstones along Ruston Way though.

Hans Feddern
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA.
the fedderns at gmail.com



On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Rob McNair-Huff <rob at whiterabbits.com>wrote:

> Twice over the last week I have observed 15-20 Black Turnstones on the
> rocky shorelines of Commencement Bay in Tacoma along Ruston Way. This
> species regularly makes its way through Tacoma every spring, but I need to
> check my records from the last few years to see if they are indeed early
> this year. It feels like they are two or three weeks ahead of last year.
>
> Happy birding!
>
> Rob McNair-Huff
> Tacoma, Wash.
> rob at whiterabbits.com
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