Terry Wahl sent these counts from his last two pelagic trips out of
Westport, info I thought would be of interest to tweeters:

> Aug Aug
> 10 17
> fog
>
>Black-f. Albatross 85 135
>Northern Fulmar 113 255
>Pink-footed Sh. 20 160
>Flesh-footed Sh. 0 1
>Buller's Shearwater 0 5
>Sooty Shearwater 150 1232
>Fork-tailed S.-P. 8 3
>Red Phalarope 1 10
>Red-necked Phal. 7 810
>phalarope sp. 0 21
>Pomarine Jaeger 3 4
>Parasitic Jaeger 1 2
>Long-tailed Jaeger 1 1
>jaeger sp. 0 1
>Sabine's Gull 6 12
>Caspian Tern 7 20
>Common Tern 0 1
>Arctic Tern 0 4
>Common Murre 45 389
>Pigeon Guillemot 32 15
>Cassin's Auklet 2 0
>Rhinoceros Auklet 20 505
>Tufted Puffin 0 1
>
>Note Cassin's - bad. Season so far is waiting for something to show up.
>Species not too bad, but numbers are pathetic. We are seeing very few (1 or
>2) HY murres, as would be expected from OR reports. Pelicans abundant, with
>sometimes 10% or fewer adults.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416