Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: A few interesting "beach birds" at Tulalip/mission
Date: Dec 1 19:38:10 2014
From: Maxine Reid - baconmf at mail.com




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> From: Maxine Reid <max2012mike at gmail.com>
> Date: December 1, 2014 at 7:37:25 PM PST
> To: Maxine Reid <baconmf at mail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: A few interesting "beach birds" at Tulalip/mission beach .
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>> From: Maxine Reid <max2012mike at gmail.com>
>> Date: December 1, 2014 at 7:34:12 PM PST
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Cc: Maxine Reid <max2012mike at gmail.com>
>> Subject: A few interesting "beach birds" at Tulalip/mission beach .
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>> Today on a short beach walk east from the beach access on mission beach road.
>> We discovered a plethora of thrushes.
>> There were at least a dozen varied thrush and about 5-6 hermit thrush.
>> When it gets really cold I notice the varied seem to move to the lowlands ,feeders, etc.
>> Hermit thrush I have seen rarely along the same stretch of beach but only single birds
>> Less than annually.
>> This week has brought a pair of spotted sandpipers to our dock on inner tulalip bay.
>> As well about 7 w. Snipes are feeding just above the shoreline 50 yards from our house.
>> At the tribal center there is a large ball play field.there is a single greater white fronted goose with myriad Canada geese.
>> At the south end of the play field in tire ruts ,there are variable numbers of w. Snipes.
>> (They seem to move,temperature dependent, between the shoreline by our house and the play field).
>> At the spillway of battle creek just north of the tribal center are thousands of spawning salmon. Hence about a dozen bald eagles are nearby,
>> In the bay are large numbers of wigeons, only 1 eurasian sighted so far this year,mallards,both goldeneyes,buffleheads, surf scoters, a few common mergansers,
>> Green wing teals.
>> A few dunlins ,BBplovers ,a single black turnstone also present.
>> Good birding,
>> Maxine Reid
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