[obol] Bayocean Spit, Sunday, etc

[Carol Karlen]

OBOL:

Carol & I visited Tillamook county on Sunday.  We found

BLACK PHOEBES: Tillamook River Loop, along the Tillamook River and also the
Rain River preserve near the mouth of the Wilson River

Bayocean Spit:
2 GOLDEN PLOVERS -  flyovers headed for the ocean from the bay
8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - ocean beach, north of Meares village
1 SNOWY PLOVER - ocean beach, north of Meares village
60 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS - ocean beach, north of Meares village
1 RING-NECKED PHEASANT - north end of Lake Meares (where'd that come from??)

WANDERING TATTLER - rocks at base of Barview jetty near RR tracks

Feeding frenzy in a tide pool full of smelt in Miami Cove, east of
Garibaldi:
100 Brown Pelicans
200 Gulls
2 Caspian Terns
What a show!!

5 Peregrine Falcon sightings, 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Red-tails.

Carol Karlen & Paul Sullivan