Subject: San Juan Pelagic Trip Report
Date: Oct 26 09:07:13 1996
From: Gayle Benton - gbenton at pacificrim.net


Hi Tweeters-
Thought you might be interested in what was seen on the pelagic trip out of
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, on Saturday Oct. 19, 96 and sponsored by the
San Juan Islands Audubon Society. Defying all weather reports, it was a
gorgeous day, although a little nippy. We were out for about 4 hours and saw:

Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Brant
Harlequin Duck
Oldsquaw
Surf Scooter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Jaeger - most likely Parasitic
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northwestern Crow
European Starling

Harbor Seals
Dahl's Porpoises
Harbor Porpoises
Stellar's Sea Lions
Minke Whales