We saw 2 Common Terns just before 5 PM on the log last night at Vancouver Lake State Park. At Rutners Pond there were 24 Great Egrets, at least a dozen or more Greater Yellowlegs, a few Lesser Yellowleggs and one maybe two Pectoral Sandpipers. My husband thought he might have seen a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper working close the the edge of pond next to the road (there is grass along the edge) but we couldn't relocate the bird at all.

Sherry Hagen
littlebirder at comcast.net
Vancouver, WA


From: Bob Flores
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 4:02 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu ; obol
Subject: [Tweeters] common terns Vancouver Lake, Clark Co, WA


I received a call from Randy Hill he had found 3 common terns at Vancouver lake, Vancouver Lk State Park. They were on the floating logs along the shoreline. I went a few hours ago and they were still there as he reported.

Bob Flores
Ridgefield, WA