[obol] Another Lane Coast Migration Event
- From: "Diane Pettey" <surfbird@xxxxx>
- To: "OBOL" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 19:29:11 -0700
430-630pm
N. Jetty Road, Siuslaw River, Florence
Greater White-fronted Geese - 30
Black Brant - 55
Green-winged Teal - 15
Northern Pintail - 3
Northern Harrier - 1 (strafed the flocks much like a Peregrine!)
Black-bellied Plover - 3
Semipalmated Plover - 150+
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Whimbrel - 7
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Red Knot - 2
Western Sandpipers - 7000+
Least Sandpipers - 800+
Dunlin - 300+
Short-billed Dowitcher - 55
Dowitcher sp. - 5
Bonaparte's Gulls -70+
Caspian Terns - 25
I also observed a probable Semipalmated Sandpiper, but the flock flushed.
Birds were still flying past when I left, but nearly all the flocks had left
the tidal flats (no more flats).
I've not seen an event like this in at least a decade and then, the variety
of birds wasn't as great.
regards,
Diane Pettey
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