I did the same thing yesterday on my way back from the coast. There was only 1 White Pelican, there were about 50 Long-billed Dowitchers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, a Black-bellied Plover and a Red-necked Phalarope. Here's a complete list: Canada Goose 8 Cinnamon Teal 6 duck sp. 30 Pied-billed Grebe 2 American White Pelican 1 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 12 Turkey Vulture 2 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 1 Virginia Rail 2 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 5 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 6 Long-billed Dowitcher 50 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 6 American Kestrel 2 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Steller's Jay 1 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 6 Violet-green Swallow 8 Bank Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 8 Marsh Wren 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Brewer's Blackbird 25 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 7 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14838060 Tom Crabtree, Bend, OR From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lee Cain Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 8:44 PM To: OBOL Listserve Subject: [obol] Baskett Slough, pelicans and stilts I stopped by Baskett Slough on the way home today from the Cascades. Highlights were: 4 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, and numerous GREATER YELLOWLEGS, unk. DOWITCHERS, KILLDEER, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. -- Lee Cain Astoria