Dave and all, Not intending to argue, but rather to present facts: Our sighting of a single Semipalmated Plover was the first reported anywhere in Lincoln County since September, 2013. Data sources were 3 robust sources: OBOL, Lincoln County field notes from The Sandpiper, and eBird. (I know some of us eBird users--and other birders--report EVERYTHING we see.) Thus it seemed worthy of posting, albeit with a question mark. (Your beach ain't Lincoln County beaches...) Jamie Simmons Corvallis On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 5:53 AM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein < deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/21/2014 10:27 PM, Jamie S. (REDACTED: yahoo.com uses DMARC) wrote: > > > > HMSC trail: > Semipalmated Plover - 1 (early?) > > > Jamie Simmons > Corvallis > > > Semipalmated Plover is not "early" at this time of year. They are rather > common on the beach and have been all month. I suppose if you work on the > beach like we do you get used to what is around and don't even really > realize what you folks who don't work on the beach every day don't see. > Just a little clarification (to tell you the truth, Semi P is a bird you > could seen just about any time, albeit they are a lot less common in > winter). > > Cheers > Dave Lauten > > > > > > >