I started at the coast guard station where the sand bar held a large flock of roosting American Oystercatchers and Dunlin. Hidden in the Oystercatchers was a solitary Marbled Godwit, as well as a few Sanderling and some Grey Plovers.
The sheltered bay had a group of 15 Red-breasted Mergansers, as well as smaller numbers of Bufflehead and a Hooded Merganser. Flying past were several small groups of Surf Scoter. Brants were everywhere, of course!
Next stop was the west end car park. Compared to last week I was very successful, with the first bird seen being the vagrant Common Ground Dove. It was hunched trying to get warm in the early morning sun, and I very nearly drove past it. With that under my belt I headed out to the jetty area where there were more Dunlin on the beach, and lots of movement offshore including more Red-breasted Mergansers, a Common Loon and several flocks of both Black Scoter and Surf Scoter.
The short grass near the car parks had a small flock of passerines, most of which turned out to be Horned Lark, but there were also 2 Snow Buntings, and 3 Lapland Longspurs.
Other birds in the area included singles of Northern Harrier, Peregrine and Merlin.
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