[obol] RBA: Wilson's Plover Clatsop Co.

[David Bailey]

I just received a phone call from Mike Patterson. He was at the end of 
13th street in Warrenton scoping the mud and sand flats on Young's Bay 
and spotted a large plover he initially thought was going to be a 
Killdeer due to its size. He then noticed it had a single dark breast 
band and a very large pointed bill. The legs appeared grayish. The bird 
and others were flushed by an Eagle that then flew over. I quizzed Mike 
thoroughly and I believe his initial identification of the bird as a 
WILSON'S PLOVER. Presumably and adult male if the breast band is black.

The tide is coming in and soon the flats at the end of 13th will be 
submerged. Mike is hoping the bird will come back before then. 13th is 
west of the Warrenton Sewage Ponds.

David

David C. Bailey
Seaside, Oregon