[obol] rockpipers

[Mike Patterson]

Ditto for the north and south jetties of the Columbia,
Sanderlings, too.


Alan Contreras wrote:
> 
> I have seen Dunlin roosting with turnstones and surfbirds on the jetty at Florence, and a
> nasty surprise it always is when one is hoping for Rock Sandpiper.
> 
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: Jeff Gilligan
>      Sent: Mar 3, 2008 12:57 PM
>      To: bobolink06 at comcast.net, Oregon Birders Online
>      Subject: Re: [obol] rockpipers
> 
>      I have never seen Dunlin on the jetty there, but it could happen. For example, I
>      saw a Western Sandpiper on it one winter.  If the birds you saw were feeding
>      with the Surfbirds it is highly likely that they were Rock Sandpipers.  Dunlin
>      could very conceivably roost on the jetty – but they wouldn’t nimbly feed
>      with the regular rock-lovers.   Jeff Gilligan, Portland.
> 

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Mike Patterson               
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