<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all -<div class="">Finally got over to see the Seattle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper this morning — Still present, and pretty peaceful on the 520 path w/o car traffic.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">it was present from when we arrived at a little after 8:00 onwards - it took us over 30 min to actually notice it despite lots of scanning - a sleeping Sharp-tailed w/ its head tucked is more subtle on mud than we imagined. After it work up, it was much easier to watch and enjoy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Matt Bartels</div><div class="">Seattle, WA</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Dave Slager <<a href="mailto:dave.slager@gmail.com" class="">dave.slager@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[Tweeters] Seattle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (SR-520 closed this weekend)</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 30, 2022 at 2:37:33 PM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Tweeters,<br class=""><br class="">It looks like the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle is still being<br class="">seen today. Its favorite mudflat is east of Foster Island, viewed by<br class="">looking north from the SR-520 bike trail. Access is via walking or<br class="">biking down the trail from East Montlake Park.<br class=""><br class="">Note that the SR-520 bridge will be closed to vehicles all weekend,<br class="">but the bike trail will still be open. In other words, it's a bad<br class="">weekend to try driving across the SR-520 bridge, but a great weekend<br class="">to go birding at this spot, which otherwise has a lot of noise and<br class="">vibration from all the highway vehicles passing by.<br class=""><br class="">Good birding,<br class="">Dave Slager<br class="">Seattle, WA<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Tweeters mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">Tweeters@u.washington.edu</a><br class="">http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>