I forgot G Yellowlegs for 14 species.
On Sunday, April 30, 2017, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From my 3-mile loop early AM on N Spit of Coos Bay with some beach, forest
and bay:
WESTERN SANDPIPER-2000
DUNLIN- 500
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER-50
LEAST SANDPIPER-50
WHIMBREL- 40
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER- 100
RUDDY TURNSTONE- 9
BLACK TURNSTONE- 6
LONG-BILLED DOW- 50
SHORT-BILLED DOW- 2
DOW SP.- 100
SANDERLING- 6
MARBLED GODWIT- 3
KILLDEER- 2
Also:
4- Cinnamon Teal
1- American Bittern
2- Rhino Auklet
20+ Wilson Warblers
30+ Orange-crowned Warblers
9- Golden-crowned Sparrows (together in one shore pine)
Several singing yellowthroats and Savannah Sparrows. A few hundred Pac
Loons offshore also.
Lotsa Purple Martins at BLM boat ramp- thanks Joe!
Good variety but numbers only about 1500 shorebirds/hr. Next few days will
likely have greater numbers- the big movement usually being the first few
days of May or so.
Happy shorebirding!
Tim R
Coos Bay
