<div dir="ltr"><div>I got to Tulalip marina just after 9am and found the rock sandpiper within 10 minutes, on the log boom nearest to shore. The ruddy turnstone was also there. I missed the rock sandpiper on my first scope pass - I think it was on the other side of the log, because after I found it, it was moving back and forth and intermittently going out of view. As a bonus, the Everett area was dry with glimpses of sun, unlike Kirkland.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Crazily enough, after 17 years of birding in WA, this was a life bird for me. I don't know how many times I went out to Ocean Shores and Westport, scoping the jetty and marina with no luck. I went there on WOS and Audubon trips with multiple sets of eyes scoping and nobody saw one. I'll admit that in more recent years my enthusiasm to keep making the 3.5 hour drive to stand in the wind looking and failing had waned... I missed the one day wonder at Alki a year or two ago. I chased the Whidbey Island bird and missed it - it was seen briefly on the day I looked, in a spot I had checked several times through the day and found birdless.</div><div><br></div><div>One more crossed off the list of birds that are always in WA that I still need to find! I need to make another serious hunt for the boreal chickadee at some point...<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much to Mark Walton, who replied to my request for information on the details of where and when to look. You were spot on!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Louise Rutter</div><div>Kirkland<br></div>
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