Dennis wrote -- 12/21/ --


Actually, there are other Leach's records from protected Washington waters
in winter; this species seems as likely as Fork-tailed to turn up in
someone's back yard well away from the coast after a storm. Perhaps the
concentration in the south sound is because they are actually blown up the
Chehalis River Valley. Alternatively, they could fly toward the south
after having been blown in the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

Dennis Paulson, Director
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In Naselle, Pacific co., there were two reports of Leach's
St-Petrel, both 12/12/95. One found dead on a back porch ('still
warm,' according to person who gave us the remains), another
found still alive, kept warm overnite, and released to fly
away the next day.
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-- Alan Richards / Naselle WA USA / alanr at ednet1.osl.or.gov
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