[obol] Coos Migrants 7/31-8/1/06

[Tim Rodenkirk]

North Spit of Coos Bay, late PM, sunny, at or around
high tide both days:

7/31:
30- WESTERN SANDPIPERS
25- SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS
6- LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
5- LEAST SANDPIPERS
4- GREATER YELLOWLEGS
3- LESSER YELLOWLEGS
1- SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
1- LONG-BILLED CURLEW

8/1 (still <5% juvies on the Western and Least
Sandpipers):
400- SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS
400- WESTERN SANDPIPERS
50- LEAST SANDPIPERS
12- SANDERLINGS
2- LESSER YELLOWLEGS
1- GREATER YELLOWLEGS
1-2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
1- RED-NECKED PHALAROPE

Also,  breeding duck-wise this year we have:
5+ GADWALL 
5+ RING-NECKED DUCKS 
1 CINNAMON TEAL
many MALLARD
too many CANADA GEESE
and oversummering, but not breeding, one RUDDY DUCK
and one BUFFLEHEAD.

Merry migration,
Tim R
Coos Bay

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