Hi Tweets,
Just received a call from Eric Slagle, Dennis Ellison spotted an American Avocet at Nisqually this morning off the new dike Nisqually Estuary Trail. This morning I thought I had Long-billed Curlew fly over my house with a distinctive upward "cooli" whistle at Browns Point, Tacoma. There's also a rare bird eBird report of Long-billed Curlew at Nisqually as well. Last Wednesday Matt Kizer and I thought we may have seen a LBCU mixed in with some Whimbrel at a distance on scoping, plain face and warm cinnamon buff, but could not relocate/confirm. I don't know... call me curlew happy, but enjoy the great sightings at Nisqually.
Good birding,
Shep

Shep Thorp, VMD
The Animal Emergency Clinic
Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center
5608 South Durango Street
Tacoma, WA 98409

sthorp at theaec.com
253-370-3742