Subject: [Tweeters] Whidbey Island Marbled Godwit,
Date: May 2 13:07:32 2012
From: Steve Pink - pirangas at hotmail.com



Hi, Yesterday Marv Breece and I birded mainly Whidbey Island. Highlights include at: Sunlight Beach access to Deer Lagoon - Marbled Godwit (1), Whimbrel (11) and a Ruddy Turnstone.
Deer Lagoon - Marbled Godwit (presumed a different bird due to distance between locations) and Whimbrel (14). South Whidbey Island State Park - a heard only Saw-whet Owl. Calling several times between 12:30 and 1 pm. The call was loud and unmistakable. Neither of us had ever heard a Saw-whet in day time before. After leaving the island we passed Fir Island on the way home. We noticed a flock of shorebirds in a flooded field off Maupin Road. Marv found a Pacific Golden Plover amongst the birds. Disturbed by a Peregrine, the birds flew off north. A good day. Cheers, Steve Coupeville Flooded field - near to High School - Lesser Yellowlegs.
Steve Pink
Edmonds, WA
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