I visited this part of Big Island this morning. Shorebird numbers weren’t high, and it was hard to get counts with the poor light and the birds moving about, but at least a few White-Rumped Sandpipers, two dowitchers (Long-Billed, I think), several Pectoral Sandpipers, and a few L. Yellowlegs were present. There was also one bird with an intriguing facial pattern (dark comma-shaped mark behind the eye). I’m still pondering my photos but so far it looks possible in other respects for juvenile Red Phalarope, so if you’re heading up that way you might want to keep an eye out for it.

Carl Winstead
Galloway

> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Doug and All,
> 
> At Big Island WA, go to the second impoundment on LaRue-Prospect Road. At
> the west end of the second impoundment park in the gravel parking lot on
> the south side of the road.  Walk across the road to the dike going north
> and continue until you are about 2/3 of the distance to the woods at the
> north end.  Look east in the second impoundment for some islands and
> shallow water with exposed sticks, reed stalks and willows.  The islands
> have exposed mud, and the small islands continue until one is close to the
> north end of the dike.  Shorebirds are in the shallow water and on islands.
> 
> I believe these details have been mentioned before in my post on this list
> about my first visit but not concentrated together as directions.
> Jay
> 
> Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH
> Sent from DROID RAZR HD
> Can you give some direction as to where the best sites are?  The Odnr map
> shows parking spots,but i have been out there several times and many places
> seemed to be rather deep water.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> I arrived  3:00 to 3:30 pm.  Found the objective cover for my scope
>> jacket.  Good diversity but no Western Sandpiper.  Black-bellied Plover 1,
>> Stilt Sandpiper 5, Least Sandpiper 10, Semipalmated Sandpiper 1, Pectoral
>> Sandpiper 10, White-rumped Sandpiper 30, Long-billed Dowitcher 1 (heard
>> peep or keek call), 1 Wilson's Snipe, Lesser Yellowlegs 20, lots of
>> Killdeer.  Birds were hard to count.  Lots of movement and flying around.
>> At about 5:30 pm a Peregrine Falcon came in and flushed most of the birds
>> but some came back.  Looked hard at the Semipalmated Sandpiper to assure
>> the ID and it was not a WESA, wrong back color (gray brown of SESA rather
>> than cold gray of WESA, uniform color of back in scapulars, no reddish,
>> bill not right for WESA.  At least I got the scope objective back.  Hope
>> someone finds a WESA again.
>> Jay
>> 
>> Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH
>> Sent from DROID RAZR HD
>> 
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