[obol] Lower Columbia Birders trip - 5/3/2014 Solitary Sandpipers

From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, swalalahos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 14:22:14 -0700
The Lower Columbia Birders went out today under showery skies
and temperatures in the lower 50's.

We began by checking out the WHIMBREL flocks at Wireless Rd.  We
found plenty.  MARBLED GODWITS, too.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen in the Columbia River from Twilight
Eagle Sanctuary.  There were good numbers of PURPLE MARTINS at the
Ziak Refuge.  Two VIRGINIA RAILS were found along Jackson Rd in
Brownsmead.

But the best birds of the day (found by Steve) were 3 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS in the pond visible from the railroad tracks at Rudat
Corner.  Also in that pond were a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS and about 6o LEAST SANDPIPERS.

Spotting scope quality photos of Solitary Sandpiper at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/archives/date-posted/2014/05/03/?view=md

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Greater White-fronted Goose       120 [1]
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose                    400
Wood Duck                           2
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal                       3
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Loon                         1
American White Pelican             35 [2]
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier                    3
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon                    1
Virginia Rail                       2 [3]
Killdeer                            1
Greater Yellowlegs                  5
Lesser Yellowlegs                   1
Solitary Sandpiper                  3 [4]
Whimbrel                          600 [5]
Marbled Godwit                      6 [6]
Least Sandpiper                    85
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove                       2
Vaux's Swift                        2
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher                   1
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin                       6
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bushtit
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow                   1
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1]  Two good sized flocks with Cackling Geese
[2]  Seen from Twilight Eagle Sanctuary
[3]  Seen and heard along Jackson Rd
[4]  Seen at pond off the Rudat Rd Corner with 1 GRYE, 1 LEYE and 60
     LESA.
[5]  Wireless Rd
[6]  Wireless Rd

Total number of species seen: 72

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
Some assembly required
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1888



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