Subject: Re: Thick-billed Murres (was:Ferry from Washington)
Date: Oct 13 19:22:39 1997
From: Eugene Hunn - hunnhome at accessone.com


Most unlikely. There are but a handful of records for the state.
Glaucous Gull are also most unlikely at this season, more so in numbers
exceeding 1.
Yellow-billed Loon ditto.

Gene Hunn.

At 02:34 PM 10/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>How likely is this number of Thick-billed Murres?
>What field marks are being used to sort them out?
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>>I also saw Common and Thick-billed
>>Murres in groups of 2 to 15(Winter plumage), sometimes both species mixed
>>together. White-winged Scoters(Several), 1 Yellow-billed Loon(Winter
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