Curlew Sandpiper - NO again

["Tim Avery" <tanager at timaverybirding dot com>]

Colby Neuman and I made the trip to the causeway this morning, along 
with about 15 other hardy souls searching for the CUSA again.  and, yet 
again, as far as I have heard nobody relocated the bird.   A bit 
frustrating.  Not to mention that after only about 20 minutes of looking 
a Peregrine chased off a good number of peeps in the location we were 
looking.  We also struck out on the Turnstone, and could not locate any 
Whimbrel.  Beware, there are about 1/2 a dozen juvenile Long-billed 
Curlew, which have shorter bills.  Note the differnce in shape from the 
field guide, and also the difference in size.   A Whimbrel is about the 
same size as a Willet.

Here is a list of birds we did see:

Pectoral Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Killdeer
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Red-necked Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Baird's Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper

I did see one strange shorebird.  It looked almost like a Dunlin, but 
with a rufous belly.  THe bill wasn't quite as downcurved or long. 
Unfortunately it flew before I could take pictures or figure out if it 
was just mud.

At Garr Ranch we heard and or saw:

Townsend's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Barn Owl
Virginia Rail


I may have forgotten something, who knows.  Keep looking for those rare 
birds!

Good Biridng

Tim

http://www.timaverybirding.com
Salt Lake City, UT or Wherever the Birds Take Me!
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