[obol] Bandon Marsh 8/14

[Russ Namitz]

Obol~

Birded Bandon Marsh looking for shorebirds and found the following.

3        Killdeer
200+  Semipalmated Plover
50+    Black-bellied Plover
1000+ Western Sandpiper
800+   Least Sandpiper
3        Baird's Sandpiper
6        Marbled Godwit
10+    Short-billed Dowitcher
1        Greater Yellowlegs
15+    Ruddy Turnstone
30+    Red-necked Phalarope

Other species present were:
Canada Goose
Mallard
N. Shoveler
N. Pintail
DC Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Western, California & GW Gull
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow

Around the boat harbor were 40 Black Turnstones & 50+ Red-necked Phalaropes.

Good birding,
Russ Namitz
Coos Bay