Normally Marbled Murrelets are in small groups or singles, but on the
Port Gamble Count Bob Norton and Bob Boekelheide had 43 Marbled Murrelets
in Port Ludlow Bay! Great work guys!
BTW, I will summarize the count better later but currently we are at 115
species with nice species like White-throated Sparrow, Short-tailed
Shearwater, Cassin's Auklet and two Falcon species (Merlin and Peregrine).

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA



On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Michael Kennedy wrote:

> Alan Wrote:
>
> >On past trips to Poin-No-Point, I have found Marbled Murrelets are usually
> >present in very small numbers. In fact lately I have only twice seen them,
> >both times one bird flying swiftly by. I know that they can occur in good
> >numbers off the point, but lately, Ancient Murrelets seem to greatly
> >outnumber them.
>
> There are very few marbled murrelets in Port Townsend bay so far this year.
> This is in sharp contrast to past years where many pairs would be
> encountered in a trip across the bay. The numbers of ancients are the same
> or a bit less than this time last year. Anyone else noticing trends in
> these species in other locations?
> Michael Kennedy <mkennedy at waypt.com>
> Port Townsend, WA, USA
>
>