> On Wednesday and Thursday we birded Semiahmoo in hopes of seeing a few of the rarities that had been previously reported. On Wednesday we repeatedly (4 passes each) scanned the flock of 800+ shore birds on the west side of the Semiahmoo spit. We came up with 8 Short-billed Dowitchers with the rest being Black-bellied Plovers. We returned on Thursday and had much better results. We barely got out of the parking lot at the southern end of the spit when we ran into a great variety of small birds just NW of the restrooms. Eventually we tore ourselves away to get on with our shorebird quest. This time we found 2 Marbled Godwits, 1 Hudsonian Godwit, 1 Willet and 1 Dunlin in addition to the Black-bellied Plovers and Short-billed Dowitchers. Here are some photos.
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> Hudsonian Godwit
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/37043058876
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> Marbled Godwit
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/37042907266/in/photostream/
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> Willet
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/37042907226/in/photostream/
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> Album of all photos from the trip
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/sets/72157686707214454
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> Hank & Karen Heiberg
> Lake Joy
> NE of Carnation, WA
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