Russ,

That's a great shorebird day. Some years ago (1999 I believe) I had 26
species of shorebirds in about two hours in the afternoon at Bear River
Migratory Bird Refuge near Brigham City, Utah while guiding a group of
Maryland birders in early August. It's a good year there again this
year, with a total of at least 22 species that I've seen there in the
past week, though the most in one day was 19. The total number of
shorebirds estimated by the refuge staff last week was about 150,000
birds.

Mark Stackhouse
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On Aug 14, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Russ Namitz wrote:

> Shorebirders~
>
> With only birding 2 sites (Bandon & Coos N. Spit), I managed to pick
> up 19
> species of shorebirds.  I think I'll do a shorebird Big Day on
> Thursday.
> I'm sure there is a record out there...anybody know it?
>
> Species list seen today below.
>
> Pacific Golden-Plover
> Black-bellied Plover
> Semipalmated Plover
> Killdeer
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> Long-billed Dowitcher
> Marbled Godwit
> Whimbrel
> Greater Yellowlegs
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Ruddy Turnstone
> Black Turnstone
> Sanderling
> Semipalmated Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> Least Sandpiper
> Baird's Sandpiper
> Red-necked Phalarope
>