[obol] Avocet (briefly) at Ridgefield NWR

[bill clemons]

I was at Ridgefield NWR today, showing my
non-birder-neighbor Ken “the lay of the land”.

About 11:30am there was an Avocet on Rest Lake.  I
spotted it from my car as I reached the corner on the
Easterly side where the road leaves the edge of the
lake and begins to weave through meadow. I watched it
for only a brief time, and while I was getting my
scope out of the trunk of my car to show it to Ken, it
disappeared.

Keep a look out.

I saw very few peeps:

No Ruffs.  
No Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.  
No Pectorals

A couple of small flying flocks of Least / Western
Sandpipers and

One flying Yellowlegs

We walked the trail at the Carty Unit, and also the
Kiwa trail.  It was a good day to be outside.

bill clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
willclemons -AT- yahoo.com  


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