Subject: Fw: [Tweeters] Wilson's Plover still at Bennington Lake mid day
Date: Sep 4 13:00:54 2012
From: plkoyama at comcast.net - plkoyama at comcast.net


Trying again?got a msg my internet was interrupted and to re-send.
P Koyama, Bothell
plkoyama at comcast.net

From: plkoyama at comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 11:32 AM
To: Grace & Ollie ; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wilson's Plover still at Bennington Lake mid day

Tweets and G & O,
Thanks so much, Grace and Ollie for carefully explaining on 9/1 where the plover was on the spit. For anyone who hasn?t gone to WW yet for the bird, G & O aren?t kidding when they say the bird sits in a depression. We were on the spit for 15 or so minutes, saw other shorebirds?3 Killdeer, a spotty and a W Sandpiper--eventually fly off and we were debating whether or not to hang around. Looking less than 75? away a scope, David finally ?perceived? what turned out to be the Wilson?s Plover towards the end of the spit with just the top of its head showing?it had been there the whole time and was the only bird on the spit by the time we saw it.

We walked the whole lake, and though it seems counterintuitive, it takes less time to reach the spit by walking the lake counterclockwise?the opposite way involves a long trek away from the lake. Or, as Carol R wrote on 9/3, you can scope it from the shore, though if it is in as deep a depression as it was when we first saw it, you might only see its crown. Maybe the bird will be around for a looooong time?it was limping on its left leg and doesn?t look ready for a trip to Mexico or So Cal.
Penny Koyama, Bothell


From: Grace & Ollie
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:47 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Wilson's Plover still at Bennington Lake mid day

Hi Tweets,

Ollie and I had good scoped views of Wilson?s Plover at Bennington Lake, Walla Walla, from 11:45a-12:15p. It was resting a little ways up from the sand/mud spit on the other side of the lake from the boat ramp. We decided to try walking around to that side. The loop trail is about 2.5 miles. We found the sand spit about 1 and Wilson?s Plover was not there. So we hung about for awhile and then it came back to the spit. We?d watched it while on the other side when 2 people and 2 dogs walked by it. The plover is very calm and not easily disturbed by people/dogs. So when it flew back in we were very still and Ollie eased further away from it to take photos. A flock of 30 Vaux?s Swifts put on a nice show for us during this period also; we heard swift wing sounds and watched them soaring around and drinking water on the wing. As we left about 1:45pm the Wilson?s Plover was on the spit but sitting down in a depression and easily disappears.

What a great bird! THANKS Merry Lynn and Mike!

Grace & Ollie Oliver

Redmond, WA



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