Subject: Protection Island sightings
Date: Apr 9 12:22:34 1997
From: Port Townsend Marine Science Center - ptmsc at olympus.net
Tweets:
Sightings on the 4/5/97 Protection Island cruise are as follows:
P for Protection Island R for Rat Island PH for Point Hudson
Common Loon - P R
Red necked Grebe - P R
Double Crested Cormorant - P R
Pelagic Cormorant - P
G B Heron - P
Black Brandt - P R
White winged Scoter - P R
Surf Scoter - P R
Harlequin Duck - P R
Oldsquaw - P R
Bufflehead - P R
Red Breasted Merganser - P R
Black Oystercatcher - P
Black Turnstone - R
Dunlin - R
Sandering - R
Western sandpiper - R
Mew Gull - R
Glaucus winged gull - P R
Pigeon guillemont - P R
Rhinoceros Auklet - P R
Bald Eagle - 16P 6R
Rock Dove - PH
Violet green Swallow - PH
Northwestern Crow - P R PH
Starling - PH
mammals: - approx 150 harbor seals on Protection Island - both spits
My apologies for the late & abrupt posting. The next (& last) 3 trips in
April are sold out but
we're arranging a special Protection Island sail on Sat. July 26th aboard
the historic 101' schooner Adventuress. more info will be forthcoming
Peter
PTMSC