Penny Rose, Patty North, and I got to Point Robinson at first light today. We got on the bird within 10 minutes of being there. As others have noted it likes to hang out in the driftwood in front of the quarters. The birds preferred location (today anyway) was on a large log with a bent over metal spike in it and the large root mass to the left of it. Even as other birders and a photographer arrived and walked up and down the beach to chase the bird as it flew, we waited patiently for it to come back to it's favorite spot. We never had to move and we didn't have to harass the bird by chasing it or calling for it.

We met a very nice lodging manager that let us walk through the second house and told us that we could rent it out. They looked pretty comfy. The manager told us of a few other nice spots to bird before we left.

Glad we got there before the bigger groups. One lady we met on the ferry said that there were 10 or more people looking for it later in the morning.

Cheers,

Amy Powell
Renton, WA
schillingera at Hotmail.com