[obol] to the Shorebird Festival
- From: "Paul T. Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:47:11 -0700
Folks,
We headed down to the Oregon Shorebird Festival in Charleston this weekend.
On Thursday we found a MARBLED GODWIT among some Whimbrels on the beach at
the Governor Patterson wayside south of Waldport. At Pt. Adams in
Charleston we found 1 Heermann's Gull, but no Elegant Terns.
On Friday we scouted Coos Bay. We saw 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK off Simpson Reef,
150 BROWN PELICANS on the north jetty of Coos Bay, and finally --- finally,
our first BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS of the year at Millicoma Marsh.
Our Saturday field trip around Coos Bay enjoyed a nice interview with
WRENTITS at Cape Arago, a couple HARLEQUIN DUCKS, many GREAT EGRETS, but
almost no shorebirds. We saw a distant flight of peeps at Pony Slough and 2
WANDERING TATTLERS at the south jetty of Coos Bay. We ended the day
watching PIGEON GUILLEMOTS deliver fish to their nest holes in the cliff
immediately east of the south jetty -- a crowd pleaser.
Our Sunday field trip to Bandon found 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES on a tidal flat
down river from Bullard's Beach St. Pk. At Bullard's Beach park we had
another interview with WRENTITS. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was across the river
. On the rails behind the Port of Bandon office we found many BLACK
TURNSTONES, a couple SURFBIRDS, and a WANDERING TATTLER.
At the end of the day we joined the Heyerlys to view the ELEGANT TERNS on
the pilings of the old Sitkum dock.
Good birding, everyone,
Paul Sullivan & Carol Karlen
McMinnville
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