I spent the morning at Svensen Island and Brownsmead checking out the shorebirds activity attached to the monster tides this week While there I note this OSPREY nest which some may find amusing. http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/ As for shorebirds, here are the numbers: Black-bellied Plover - 119 Killdeer - 2 Greater Yellowlegs - 58 Dunlin - 154 Least Sandpiper - 6 Long-billed Dowitcher - 19 Also a CHIPPING SPARROW along Jackson Rd (uncommon annual migrant) https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/13977129056/in/photostream -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Some assembly required http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1888 OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx