[obol] Nocturnal Shorebirds: Seaside

[David Bailey]

The Red-necked Phalaropes were pitt pitt pitting like popcorn as they 
passed overhead last night. Got a new shorebird for the yard last night 
too. Can you guess which one. Now I need to practice up on my rare stint 
calls!


This report was mailed for David C. Bailey by http://birdnotes.net

Date: August 15, 2006 11PM
Location: 331 Avenue I, Seaside, OR 97138, Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon


Nocturnal shorebird migration continues....

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)          10 [1] 
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)                     1 [2] 
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)                   1 [3] 
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)                     10 [4] 
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)                   10 [5] 
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)                    1
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)              20 [6] 

Footnotes:

[1]  undercount
[2]  undercount
[3]  undercount
[4]  undercount
[5]  undercount
[6]  undercount

Total number of species seen: 7