Tweeters
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center's Protection Island birding trip of
11/1/96 (for the WSTA) departed from John Wayne Marina in Sequim Bay & had
the following sightings:

Glaucus Winged Gulls
Starlings
Northwestern crows
Pigeon guillemonts
Pelagic & Double crested cormorants
Mew Gulls
Heerman's Gulls
Bonaparte Gulls
White winged scoters
Common Murres
Surf Scoters
Harlequin ducks
Bald Eagles
Red Brested Mergansers
Hooded Mergansers
Red Necked Grebes
Clangula hyemalis, aka old squaw
Red Throated loons
Pacific Loons
Black Oystercatchers
Buffleheads
Sanderlings
Rhinoceros Auklets
Marbled Murrelets
Ancient Murrelets
(read Bob Norton's tweeters message of 11/3/96)
Belted Kingfishers
Horned Grebes
Great Blue Heron

Additionally, Harbor Seals & Deer were sighted on Protection Island and
elephant seals were sighted cruising back into Sequim Bay

The 11/2/96 Protection Island/Rat Island trip from the Port Townsend Boat
Basin resulted in the following species sightings:

Glaucus Winged Gulls at PI & Rat
Starlings at dock
Rock Doves at PI & dock
Northwestern crows at Rat
Pigeon guillemonts at PI & Rat
Pelagic Cormorants at PI
Double crested cormorants at PI & Rat
Mew Gulls at PI & Rat
Bonaparte Gulls at Point Hudson
White winged scoters at PI & Rat
Common Murres at PI
Surf Scoters at PI & Rat
Harlequin ducks at PI & Rat
Bald Eagles on the Submarine Tower at Rat I.
Western Sandpipers at PI
Red Brested Mergansers at PI & Rat
Red Necked Grebes at PI & Rat
Clangula hyemalis, aka old squaw at PI
Red Throated loons at PI
Pacific Loons approx. 200 at Rat I.
Buffleheads at PI & Rat
Sanderlings at PI & Rat
Marbled Murrelets at PI
Ancient Murrelets approx. 20 at PI
Belted Kingfishers at dock
Black Turnstones at Rat
Western Grebes at Rat
Black Bellied Plovers at Rat
Horned Grebes at PI & Rat
Great Blue Heron at PI
Cooper's Hawk (male) on the wing at Point Wilson
American Kestrel at PI
Anser Domesticus at the dock

Mammel sightings included Harbor seal (approx. 300 on PI & 15 on Rat), 2
River Otter on Rat & 2 deer on PI

The next scheduled Protection Island / Rat Island trip is Saturday, November 9th

Peter
PTMSC