I've been hearing about a juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit at Westport for some time, as well as at least one adult. But Kim Stark photographed two Bar-tailed at the Westport Marina this morning, and they were an adult molting from breeding to nonbreeding plumage and another adult in full nonbreeding plumage. So are there three birds there?

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Sep 3, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Nick Lethaby and I visited the familiar spots today.

>

> Bottle Beach:

> 1 juv. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

> 110 Marbled Godwits

> 250 Black-bellied Plovers

> Semi-palmated Plovers

> Least Sandpipers

> Western Sandpipers

> 8 Greater Yellowlegs

> 2 Black Turnstones

> 3 Short-billed Dowitcher

>

> Westport Harbor:

> 700 or so Marbled Godwits

> 1 juv. Bar-tailed Godwit

> 2 Willets

>

> Tokeland:

> 1 juv. Bar-tailed Godwit

> 5 Marbled Godwits

> 14 Willets

> 7 Am. White Pelicans

>

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