[Tweeters] Channel Drive, Skagit County, 9.1.23

[MARVIN BREECE]

Yesterday , 9.1.23, was the most spectacular day of shorebirding I have experienced in 18 years of visiting Channel Drive in Skagit County.  Both in terms of number of species and total number of birds.  I observed 12 species of shorebirds, as well as 2 juv PEREGRINES.  I saw one RUFF.  Other birders saw 2 together.  I have never seen so many LESSER YELLOWLEGS in one place in my 45 years or so of birding.  Here's a list:


Killdeer - 1  Usually in greater numbers at this location and often the only shorebird at all
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs - I gave up on trying to count them
Semipalmated Sandpiper -1 (and I suspect there were more)
Western Sandpiper - numbers
Least Sandpiper - 6 or so
Baird's Sandpiper - 1 made a very brief showing
Pectoral Sandpiper - 3
Stilt Sandpiper - 3
Ruff - 1


Video of Ruff in context - https://flic.kr/p/2oZnHTS
Video of Ruff at close range, slowed by half for easier viewing of detail - https://flic.kr/p/2oZpTt8




It was a good day.


Marv Breece
Tukwila, WA
marvbreece at q.com
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