To follow up on Bob Flores's report for Sunday, I was on the beach
near Grayland Saturday (4-28) afternoon and watched multiple long,
loose skeins of Greater White-fronted Geese heading out over the
ocean, coming from the direction of Willapa Bay. I estimate the
numbers I saw at about 1500 so it sounds as if the numbers picked up
on Sunday. I stopped by Tokeland and checked out Graveyard Spit around
5 p.m. where there were small numbers of Greater White-fronted Geese
and some Brant at rest. There were still about 75 Marbled Godwits
there, down from the 400 the previous Saturday. One WHIMBREL was also
on the spit.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds