[obol] Coos birds 11/4

[Russ Namitz]

There were a few immature THAYER'S GULLS around the Charleston harbor.

Off Fossil Pt in Empire, there was 1 female BLACK SCOTER & 1 BONAPARTE'S 
GULL.  I kicked up 8 WILSON'S SNIPE on the walk out along the algae wrack 
line.

On the opposite side of the bay on the north spit, there were 40 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER amongst a couple hundred DUNLIN & SANDERLING.  Further 
out the spit at the jetty, but still bayside were 15 THAYER'S GULLS & 5 
HERRING GULLS in a large gull flock that was mostly made up of CALIFORNIA 
GULLS.  Curiously, most of the HEGU were immature while the THGU were 
adults.  Not much on the beach except 3 SNOWY PLOVERS.  On the drive back 
through the Snowy Plover nesting section of the beach road were 3 LAPLAND 
LONGSPURS feeding in the road.

Good birding,
Russ Namitz