Subject: [Tweeters] Ocean Shores, Hoquiam, Bottle Beach, etc.
Date: Sep 16 02:01:46 2012
From: Rhett Wilkins - rhettwilkins at gmail.com


Hi Tweeters,

Sorry for the late report, but I just returned to Portland (home base)
where I have phone and internet access again. This Friday and Saturday,
the 14th and 15th, I bounced around Ocean Shores, Hoquiam, Bottle Beach,
etc. On Friday, Carol and Mitch Cruzan were able to join me for several
good birds at both the Oyhut Game Range and Hoquiam's sewage treatment
plant. Our highlights and estimates were as follows. Also, I've uploaded
a handful of photos to my Flickr page (including Oyhut's Ruff), and I would
very much appreciate any thoughts regarding my Midway Beach dowitcher
identification. Thanks in advance!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boundtobird/

OCEAN SHORES 9/14: The shorebirds here were in VERY LOW numbers (300
total?) as compared to only two weeks ago (10,000+).
- Sooty Shearwater (a countless northbound stream at Point Brown Jetty)
- Peregrine Falcon (at least 2 at Oyhut, making shorebirding very difficult)
- Semipalmated Plover (3 at Oyhut)
- Greater Yellowlegs (5 at Oyhut)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (4 at Oyhut)
- Whimbrel (15+ on the golf course along Point Brown Ave.)
- Wandering Tattler (3 on Point Brown Jetty)
- Black Turnstone (4 on Point Brown Jetty)
- Sanderling (40+ on the beach at Point Brown Jetty)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 at Oyhut)
- Western Sandpiper (100+ at Oyhut)
- Least Sandpiper (50+ at Oyhut)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (25+ at Oyhut)
- RUFF (2 juveniles at Oyhut)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (5 at Oyhut)
- Red-necked Phalarope (10+ at Oyhut)
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (1 at Ocean City State Park campground)
- American Pipit (30+ at Oyhut)
- Red Crossbill (5 at Ocean City State Park campground)

HOQUIAM STP 9/14:
- Horned Grebe (1)
- Greater Scaup (4)
- Semipalmated Plover (2)
- AMERICAN AVOCET (1)
- Western Sandpiper (60+)
- Least Sandpiper (20+)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (8)

MIDWAY BEACH 9/14 & 9/15:
- SNOW GOOSE (3 on 9/15)
- Semipalmated Plover (1)
- Western Sandpiper (1)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (20+)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (1 juvenile)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (1 juvenile)
- Red-necked Phalarope (3)
- American Pipit (1)

BOTTLE BEACH 9/15 (very rough estimates):
- Red-tailed Hawk (1)
- Peregrine Falcon (1)
- Virginia Rail (2 along path to beach access)
- Black-bellied Plover (100+)
- PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER (1 juvenile)
- Semipalmated Plover (30+)
- Whimbrel (2)
- Marbled Godwit (5)
- Ruddy Turnstone (1 adult)
- Sanderling (20+)
- Red Knot (40+)
- Dunlin (1 adult in basic plumage)
- Western Sandpiper (100+)
- Least Sandpiper (40+)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (50+)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (2 along path to beach access)

TOKELAND MARINA:
- Marbled Godwit (70+)
- Willet (4)

Good Birding!

Rhett Wilkins
Portland, OR
rhettwilkins at gmail.com
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