I was at the Dash Point Pier at noon.? Similar to Ryan's sightings, except :
I missed the Jaegar (again!) and the Whimbrel and the Phalaropes,?BUT
?
I?picked up a 1st cycle Heerman's Gull ....
7-8 Common Terns
Many Rhino Auklets,
4 Horned Grebes
6 Western Grebes

Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com

From: Ryan Shaw <rtshaw80 at hotmail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:56 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Tacoma area birding.

Greeting all,

I've been checking out various sound vantage points today and have had some success.

At Dash Point Pier
5 common terns
600 Bonaparte's gulls
1 parasitic jaeger
5 red-necked phalaropes
And the surprise for me were two whimbrel which flew right over the pier calling loudly.

Browns point had 3 more common terns

The black-tailed gull was being obvserved by several borders when I made a quick stop there at 1030.

Point defiance at Owen beach had a flyby parasitic jaeger and a close fly by sanderling.

Now for a lunch break.

Cheers

Ryan Shaw
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