A Winter Record of the Spotted Sandpiper for the Olympic Peninsula
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On Janury 31, 1923, while walking along a rocky beach of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, about nine miles west of Port Angeles, Washington, I was surprised to flush a Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia). The bird flew out over the water and down the beach a short distance where it alighted. I followed it back and forth over the rocky beach for some time, getting within a few feet of it on several occasions. On rounding a point another bird was found. On the return trip an hour or so later both birds were again noted and watched for some time. While I know this species has occasionally been taken on the Oregon and Washington coast in winter, this is my first record.
Portland, Oregon, March 15, 1923
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Gabrielson, Ira N.
(1923)
"A Winter Record of the Spotted Sandpiper for the Olympic Peninsula,"
Condor: Vol. 25
:
Iss.
3
, Article 12.
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https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/condor/vol25/iss3/12