Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach/Tokeland/Westport birds today
Date: Apr 29 19:24:11 2011
From: Tim O'Brien - kertim7179 at yahoo.com


Hi all,
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I finished up co-leading the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival trip to Westport, Bottle Beach, and Tokeland today.? We had a great group and saw some good birds.? We ended up with about 18 species of shorebirds!? Here's a few highlights:
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Bottle Beach:
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Red Knot - 6 of them
Ruddy Turnstone -? 2
Loads of Short-billed Dowitchers, Dunlin, and Westerns
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Tokeland:
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Marbled Godwit
Willet - 5
Whimbrel - 10
Long-billed Curlew - 2
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Westport - at the jetty:
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Wandering Tattler - 1
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Lots of birds to see and watch down here and the weather is great.? Come on down to the Harbor!
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Tim O'Brien
Cheney, WA
mailto:? kertim7179 at yahoo dot com