Charles - thanks for the international report!  Are there other list members who can send in a Shorebird Big Day from other locations around the world?  It may not be of high scientific value, but fun to read, none-the-less!  What is the best shorebird spot in the world, from a diversity standpoint?  Surely the UK and northern Europe have some good collection spots during migration right now.

Thanks,
Bob Wallace
Listowner
New Smyrna Beach FL

----- Original Message ----
From: Charles Harper <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:57:05 AM
Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Tokyo Bay, Japan

Another erratic listing of shorebird species (and rough numbers) headed
south at Tokyo Bay and surrounding rice fields on 19 August 2007:


Common Snipe (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit (3)
Marsh Sandpiper (2)
Common Greenshank (10)
Wood Sandpiper (10)
Terek Sandpiper (4)
Common Sandpiper (2)
Grey-tailed Tattler (50)
Ruddy Turnstone (30)
Red Knot (2)
Sanderling (100)
Rufous-necked Stint (50)
Temminck's Stint (2)
Long-toed Stint (8)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2)
Ruff (4)

Pacific Golden-Plover (100)
Grey Plover (10)
Little Ringed Plover (20)
Mongolian Plover (10)

Other species seen by party members:  Great Knot, Kentish Plover, Greater
Sand Plover, Black-winged Stilt.

The only surprise was the Pectoral Sandpiper-- we get very few of these
coming through.