[Tweeters] Snohomish cty ROSA

[Louise]

Many thanks for posting the details on this to tweeters, Nadine, I'm sure
I'm not the only one who appreciates it'm pretty tied up today and tomorrow
(work is a thing) so I can't chase this one unless it sticks around a few
days, but some people certainly will be looking!

Louise Rutter
Kirkland

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM N D <drisseq.n at gmail.com> wrote:


> There was a ROSA in Everett today found by David Poortinga . It was seen

> multiple times associating with a flock of dunlin. If it gets seen tomorrow

> maybe try it out. You will need a scope and to move a bunch to follow as

> they flit from sandbar to sandbar. When tide comes in halfway they get

> closer to the pull-outs of north and south view just before the 10th st

> port.

> Once the tide came in they disappeared over Jetty Island around 4.45 pm

> and we didn't see them again.

>  While the looks weren't incredible, it was satisfactory enough to ID.

> Took me about 30 minutes on my own to get quick looks and then i waited for

> the tide to bring it in closer so maybe two hours in all. My best looks

> were from the south view pull out from west marine view drive. But yeah imo

> you need a lot of patient scoping to find it. But it's a lot closer than

> WI.

> Hope it returns tomorrow. It was posted today on Snohomish Cty RBA on

> WhatsApp btw.

>

> Check the tides before you go. You want low to medium tide. Medium was

> best for me. Low meant birds were really far out.

>

> Thank you David!! Brilliant bird. Badly needed lifer for me too.

> Shorebirds are sooo difficult. They make me speak Italian. :-P

>

> Good luck Louise.

> Nadine

>

> On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 20:33 Louise <louiserutter1000 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Thank you to everyone who gave me such detailed advice on looking for the

>> rock sandpipers. Unfortunately, the birds weren't inclined to oblige me,

>> despite all your best efforts.

>>

>> The tide was low when I got to the island, so I went to check out

>> Crockett Lake. It was fairly sparse on the duck front, but there was a

>> short-eared owl hunting over the grass, a county bird for me. There were a

>> couple of female harriers there too.

>>

>> I hopped around between all the spots along Madrona Drive and by the

>> lagoon. I found a bunch of turnstones and a couple of surfbirds from a

>> viewpoint on Penn Cove Rd, but I wasn't able to magic up any rock

>> sandpipers - another lady I met reported the same. There were some black

>> oystercatchers on that beach too. The lagoon had only yellowlegs all

>> afternoon, along with an assortment of ducks, crows, gulls, a couple of

>> bald eagles and a great blue heron. The lady I met birding said she met a

>> man who said he'd seen a rock sandpiper at Mueller Beach around 2.30pm, but

>> I never saw a shorebird there - lots of goldeneys of both species though.

>>

>> It was a lovely afternoon to be out on the island, but rock sandpipers

>> make a point of being the bane of my birding life!

>>

>> Louise Rutter

>> Kirkland

>>

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