Date: 6/8/26 12:20 pm From: Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Shorebirds on the Coast
On Jun 8, 2026 at 12:06:23, B B via Tweeters <tweeters...>
wrote:
> I am planning a trip to the Washington Coast tomorrow. I looked up
> observations in the past week on Birder's Dashboard and was surprised to
> see very few reports in general and few if any reports for a number of
> species. I was particularly surprised to find no reports of Willet at
> Tokeland and no reports of Marbled Godwits at Westport and frankly very few
> reports in general.
>
I spent a couple of days out and around Grays Harbor three weeks ago.
Overall, it was pretty quiet (although my knee prevented me from really
birding Grays Harbor NWR well). At that point Tokeland was super quiet, and
I’d seen a report or two leading up indicating the same. Best birding for
me was out in Ocean Shores, where there was a lot of shorebird activity at
North Jetty (hundreds and hundreds of sanderlings) and at the beach access
at the head of Ocean Shores, for gulls with the contiung (at that time)
Glaucous Gull. Westport Marina and Hoquiam STP were the other decent
birding spots then.
Chuq
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Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me)
Silverdale, Washington
Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer
