[Tweeters] Skagit Shorebirding 8.16.21

[Marv Breece]

Yesterday (8.16.21) was an outstanding day for shorebirding in Skagit County. 

I visited 3 Skagit locations as follows: 
CD - Channel Drive 
GR- Skagit Game Range aka Wylie Slough on Fir Island 
HR - Hayton Reserve on Fir Island 

Please excuse the older taxonomic order. 

American Golden-Plover - adult molting into basic plumage at HR 
Black-bellied Plover - 40 or so at HR 
Semipalmated Plover - many adults & juvs at HR 
Killdeer - all 3 locations; leucistic Killdeer at HR; different bird than the one I saw there last September 
Wilson's Snipe - 1 at GR 
Short-billed Dowitcher - juveniles at GR & molting adults at HR 
Long-billed Dowitcher - adults at GR & HR 
Greater Yellowlegs - did not see at GR!; seen at CD & HR 
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 juv at GR; more at HR 
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at GR 
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 at CD 
Black Turnstone - super spot of 1 by Gary Bletsch at HR 
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 juv & likely more at GR 
Western Sandpiper - some at GR & massive quantities at HR 
Least Sandpiper - GR & HR 
Baird's Sandpiper - a few seen & heard at HR 
Pectoral Sandpiper - a few seen & heard at HR 
Stilt Sandpiper - 2 juvs at GR 

Also: 
Franklin's Gull - 1 juv at HR 
Peregrine Falcon - 2 juvs hunting shorebirds at HR 

Videos: 
https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN 



Marv Breece 
Tukwila, WA 
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