[Tweeters] Snohomish cty ROSA

[N D]

There was a ROSA in Everett today found by David Poortinga . It was seen
multiple times associating with a flock of dunlin. If it gets seen tomorrow
maybe try it out. You will need a scope and to move a bunch to follow as
they flit from sandbar to sandbar. When tide comes in halfway they get
closer to the pull-outs of north and south view just before the 10th st
port.
Once the tide came in they disappeared over Jetty Island around 4.45 pm and
we didn't see them again.
 While the looks weren't incredible, it was satisfactory enough to ID. Took
me about 30 minutes on my own to get quick looks and then i waited for the
tide to bring it in closer so maybe two hours in all. My best looks were
from the south view pull out from west marine view drive. But yeah imo you
need a lot of patient scoping to find it. But it's a lot closer than WI.
Hope it returns tomorrow. It was posted today on Snohomish Cty RBA on
WhatsApp btw.

Check the tides before you go. You want low to medium tide. Medium was best
for me. Low meant birds were really far out.

Thank you David!! Brilliant bird. Badly needed lifer for me too.
Shorebirds are sooo difficult. They make me speak Italian. :-P

Good luck Louise.
Nadine

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 20:33 Louise <louiserutter1000 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Thank you to everyone who gave me such detailed advice on looking for the

> rock sandpipers. Unfortunately, the birds weren't inclined to oblige me,

> despite all your best efforts.

>

> The tide was low when I got to the island, so I went to check out Crockett

> Lake. It was fairly sparse on the duck front, but there was a short-eared

> owl hunting over the grass, a county bird for me. There were a couple of

> female harriers there too.

>

> I hopped around between all the spots along Madrona Drive and by the

> lagoon. I found a bunch of turnstones and a couple of surfbirds from a

> viewpoint on Penn Cove Rd, but I wasn't able to magic up any rock

> sandpipers - another lady I met reported the same. There were some black

> oystercatchers on that beach too. The lagoon had only yellowlegs all

> afternoon, along with an assortment of ducks, crows, gulls, a couple of

> bald eagles and a great blue heron. The lady I met birding said she met a

> man who said he'd seen a rock sandpiper at Mueller Beach around 2.30pm, but

> I never saw a shorebird there - lots of goldeneys of both species though.

>

> It was a lovely afternoon to be out on the island, but rock sandpipers

> make a point of being the bane of my birding life!

>

> Louise Rutter

> Kirkland

>

>

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