Next adventure area was Westport just south of Grays Harbor on the central coast of the state of Washington. In the harbor, many Jellies (formerly called Jellyfish) and Sea Stars (formerly called starfish). Great time of the year for shorebird migration.
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| Bottle Beach State Park is the shorebird's favorite feeding area |
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| Western Sandpiper |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Black-bellied Plover and Least Sandpiper |
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| Baby Deer Mouse on the path to the beach |
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| Wandering Tattler on the Jetty to Grays Harbor |
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| Female Harlequin Duck |
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| Sand Dollar |
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| The Lighthouse Jetty at Westport |
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| Heermann's Gull |
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| Ocher Sea Star |
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| Common Murre fishes in the boat harbor |
We then drove around Grays harbor and spent a few days at Copalis Beach. This expansive beach had many shorebirds feeding on the tidalponds and sea birds feeding in the pounding waves.
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| Whimbrel does a noisy flyby |
Who is this swimming in the creek that connects to the ocean? A River Otter. This guy was very curious about the nearby photographer.
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| Semialmated Plover and a new life bird for us - The Little Stint |
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| Tiger Bettle |
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| Sanderling |
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| Wind drifts in the sand |
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| Black Turnstones |
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| Hundreds of birds feed in the receding tide |
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| Western Gull with big food-begging baby |
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| Semipalmated Plover on the wing |
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| Coyote "flies" over the beach, literally, no feet on the ground |
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| How come those shore birds are ignoring me? |
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| Caspian Tern grabs a fish treat |
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| The trees have piled up over the years |
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| Shorebird lunch |
We then drove to South Beach at Olympic National Park where we spent the next nine days and you will find in the next blog that will be done in a few hours. So don't miss the two parts.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
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