Hello Tweeters:
Don’t forget to join us this coming weekend at the 27th annual Grays Harbor Shorebird & Nature Festival. For trips, talks, dinner and overall festival activities visit:
www.shorebirdfestival.com
Shorebird Survey from Sandpiper Trail at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
April 30, 2023 survey by Ryan Munes, Refuge Biologist: High Tide (7.7 ft. at 9:57). Tide was 0.4 ft. higher than predicted. The weather started at 50 degrees, foggy and calm. Wind picked up and the survey ended with a 20-minute
rain event. The tide didn't get high enough to clear roosting birds on Mini Moon Island; about 2,000 never made it close enough to identify. Estimate around 12,362 shorebirds.
Black-bellied plover- 87
Semipalmated Plover- 375
Dunlin- 4850
Western Sandpiper- 4500
Least Sandpiper- 23
Red Knots- 475
Whimbrels- 11
Dowitcher spp.- 23
Yellowlegs spp.- 4
Ruddy Turnstone- 1
Unknown Shorebirds- 2000 (Mini Moon Island)
Glynnis Nakai
Project Leader, Nisqually
NWR Complex
100 Brown Farm Road, Olympia, WA 98516
360.753.9467