Many thanks for posting the details on this to tweeters, Nadine, I'm sure
I'm not the only one who appreciates it'm pretty tied up today and tomorrow
(work is a thing) so I can't chase this one unless it sticks around a few
days, but some people certainly will be looking!
Louise Rutter
Kirkland
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM N D <
drisseq.n at gmail.com> wrote:
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There was a ROSA in Everett today found by David Poortinga . It was seen
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multiple times associating with a flock of dunlin. If it gets seen tomorrow
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maybe try it out. You will need a scope and to move a bunch to follow as
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they flit from sandbar to sandbar. When tide comes in halfway they get
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closer to the pull-outs of north and south view just before the 10th st
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port.
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Once the tide came in they disappeared over Jetty Island around 4.45 pm
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and we didn't see them again.
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While the looks weren't incredible, it was satisfactory enough to ID.
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Took me about 30 minutes on my own to get quick looks and then i waited for
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the tide to bring it in closer so maybe two hours in all. My best looks
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were from the south view pull out from west marine view drive. But yeah imo
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you need a lot of patient scoping to find it. But it's a lot closer than
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WI.
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Hope it returns tomorrow. It was posted today on Snohomish Cty RBA on
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WhatsApp btw.
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Check the tides before you go. You want low to medium tide. Medium was
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best for me. Low meant birds were really far out.
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Thank you David!! Brilliant bird. Badly needed lifer for me too.
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Shorebirds are sooo difficult. They make me speak Italian. :-P
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Good luck Louise.
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Nadine
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 20:33 Louise <louiserutter1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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Thank you to everyone who gave me such detailed advice on looking for the
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rock sandpipers. Unfortunately, the birds weren't inclined to oblige me,
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despite all your best efforts.
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The tide was low when I got to the island, so I went to check out
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Crockett Lake. It was fairly sparse on the duck front, but there was a
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short-eared owl hunting over the grass, a county bird for me. There were a
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couple of female harriers there too.
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I hopped around between all the spots along Madrona Drive and by the
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lagoon. I found a bunch of turnstones and a couple of surfbirds from a
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viewpoint on Penn Cove Rd, but I wasn't able to magic up any rock
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sandpipers - another lady I met reported the same. There were some black
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oystercatchers on that beach too. The lagoon had only yellowlegs all
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afternoon, along with an assortment of ducks, crows, gulls, a couple of
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bald eagles and a great blue heron. The lady I met birding said she met a
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man who said he'd seen a rock sandpiper at Mueller Beach around 2.30pm, but
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I never saw a shorebird there - lots of goldeneys of both species though.
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It was a lovely afternoon to be out on the island, but rock sandpipers
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make a point of being the bane of my birding life!
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Louise Rutter
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Kirkland
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