Photo by Jamie Sowers . Click the photo for a larger view. By Tracy L. Fleming Shorebird surveys in late November revealed 7 to 20,000 birds on the beach depending on the time of day and tide. Flocks consisted mostly of sanderlings, dunlins, black-bellied plovers and a few western sandpipers, but 9 marbled godwits were seen. Careful scanning may reveal an unusual or foreign species.
Peregrines are numerous and merlins have been seen recently.
Most interesting observation was of 25-27 Snow Buntings at Leadbetter Point . Western screech-owls and great horned owls have been calling in the Seaview bluffs. Gulls are numerous, always with the chance of seeing an unusual species. Stay tuned for this part of our site to be expanded during 2001. If there is information you'd like to see here, email Keleigh .