Hello All,

MerryLynn and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by birding the SW Washington Coast from Cape Disappointment north to Ocean Shores. I will list the highlights of each day.

15 Aug.

Ruddy Turnstone-1 on beach at Long Beach

16 August

Brown Pelican- 600+ birds off North Head Light
Heermann's Gull-700+ birds off North Head Light
Band-tailed Pigeon-4 along 67th place
Whimbrel-4 on beach at N. jetty of Columbia

17 August

Black Turnstone-1 on beach N.jetty of the Columbia
Black-throated Gray Warbler-1 along Chinook Valley Rd.
Orange-crowned Warbler-8 along Chinook Valley Rd.
Hutton's Vireo-2 along Chinook Valley Rd.

18 August

Dusky Canada Geese-30+ along the Palix River/Bay Center
Anne Kahl-1 at Bottle Beach
Russ Koppendrier-1 at Bottle Beach
Mr. Colman-1 at Bottle Beach

Cackling Goose-1 at Hoquiam Sewage Ponds
Stilt Sandpiper-1 at Hoquiam Sewage Ponds
Am. Avocet-1 at Hoquiam Sewage Ponds
Franklins Gull-1 at Hoquiam Sewage Ponds
Caspian Terns-485+ at Hoquiam Sewage Ponds

Sooty Shearwater-300,000 of Ocean shores

19 August

Red Crossbill-25+ at Ocean Shores
Pacific Loon-32 in a flock off Ocean Shores
Sooty Shearwaters-1500 off the north jetty of Grays Harbor

20 August

Ruddy Turnstones-3 on N. Jetty of Grays Harbor
Surfbird-1 on N. Jetty of Grays Harbor
Wandering Tattler-1 on N. Jetty of Grays Harbor
Sooty Shearwater-500,000 off Ocean Shores beach, three large swirls formed into one flock and fed right in the break at sundown. Spectacular!!

21 August

Marbled Godwit-758 at Bottle Beach
Hudsonian Godwit-1 sub-adult at Bottle Beach
Black-bellied Plover-545 on Bottle Beach
Jon Isacoff-1at Bottle Beach
Mike Marsh-1 at Bottle Beach

WELL THAR THEY BE.
Later Mike Denny

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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley

"If you haven't birded, you haven't lived"