Blair, glad to hear you had a great time out there. We went last weekend, when the shorebird numbers had apparently not built up to their peak yet, not more than 1,000-1,500 at Bottle Beach at maximum.

And speaking of dowitchers at Bottle Beach . . . as hard as I have looked, I personally have never seen or heard a Long-billed there, and this is year after year of looking and listening since the late 1970s. Early on, people just assumed that both dowitcher species were there, because, well, there are so many of them. I throw out a challenge to anyone interested: send me an identifiable photo of a Long-billed Dowitcher at Bottle Beach.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


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> With thanks to Marv Breece...correction that at Bottle Beach we had many Semipalmated PLOVERS not Sandpipers although we tried to find at least one of the latter. Also should have said "including some more Long Billed" about the Dowitchers. More Short Billed than Long Billed there. Sadly no Curlews and surprisingly no Peregrines. Also I tried hard but could not find a Yellow Warbler.

> Blair Bernson


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