Tweeters;
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center's Cruise to Protection Island ( &
Rat Island) on Saturday, October 19th produced the following sightings:

Protection Island -
Glaucus Winged Gulls
Pigeon
Guillemonts
Pelagic Cormorants
Double Crested Cormorants
Mew Gulls
Heerman's Gulls
White Winged Scoters
Common Murres
Surf Scoters
Harliquin Ducks
Bald Eagles (mature)
Red Necked Grebes
Oldsquaws
Common Loons
Rhinoceros Auklets
Western Grebes
Horned Grebes
Great Blue Herons

Rat Island -
Glaucus Winged Gulls
Pigeon Guillemonts
Double Crested Cormorants
Mew Gulls
Heerman's Gulls
Bonaparte Gulls
White Winged Scoter
Common Murres
Surf Scoters
Harlequin Ducks
Bald Eagles (mature)
Western Sandpipers
Red Breasted Mergansers
Red Necked Grebes
Common Loons
Pacific Loons
Sanderlings
Belted Kingfishers
Black Turnstones
Black Bellied Plovers
Great Blue Herons
Canada Geese
Northwestern Crow

Additionally, we saw many starlings and rock doves travelling to & from
port and approximately 500 Harbor Seals on Protrection Island and exactly
12 Harbor Seals on Rat Island.

Highlight of the trip:
observing approximately 50 Pacific Loons flocked up in the water off the
northwestern shore of Rat Island.

The next scheduled P)rotection/Rat Islands trip is Saturday, October 26th
for info call (360) 385-5582 or ptmsc at olympus net
Discounted prices for this 3 hour cruise for WOS & Audubon members

Peter Badame
PTMSC