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From: Russ Koppendrayer <russkope at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Subject: Cowlitz County Shorebirds & Gray Jays
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>


Hi Tweeters,

This morning (4/23/12) I found approximately 50 LEAST SANDPIPERS using the
puddles on the recently covered new drinking water pipeline at the Mint
Farm. With them were 3 DUNLIN in three different stages of molt and 1
WESTERN SANDPIPER. Also there were 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS in the pond in
the pasture at 2290 Dike Road off 48th Ave. in west Longview.

Later I found two GRAY JAYS in the state forest along Barnes Drive north of
Castle Rock. This would be just behind the southbound rest area on I-5 just
south of the Lewis County line. This seems like a low elevation to me and I
have a similar record of two from about the same timeframe from a few years
ago. Could these guys be nesting this low?

Russ Koppendrayer
Longview, WA.
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