Hello Tweeters:
Great Shorebird Survey info from our Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival Exec Director Glynnis Nakai, 4/23 data. Join us this week at our Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival 4/23-30.
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Yours For the Birds n' the Bees
Jim
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GH Shorebird Survey 4/23/21 (08:04-11:20) Birds are on the move! Total estimate of all shorebirds ~23,000! Tide was ~0.5 ft lower than predicted (8.9 ft). Peregrine Falcon was observed hunting shorebirds.
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Black-bellied Plover- 200
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Semipalmated Plover- 335
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Dunlin- 2340
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Western Sandpiper- 1375
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Least Sandpiper- 605
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Dowitcher spp.- 70
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Yellowleg spp.- 3
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Whimbrel- 7
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Marbled Godwit- 9
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Unknown Shorebirds (mostly Dunlin and Western Sandpiper)- 17850
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Glynnis Nakai
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Project Leader, Nisqually NWR Complex
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100 Brown Farm Road, Olympia, WA 98516
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360.753.9467
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www.fws.gov/refuges/billy_frank_jr_nisqually www.fws.gov/refuges/grays_harbor
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