Tweeters:
please excuse the delay on this posting

On the 10/25/97 Protection Island birding cruise we also journeyed to Smith
& Minor Islands and observed the following species. As you all know from
Ruth sullivan's & Bob Norton's postings we observed neither a brown booby
nor any brown pelicans. As it was, it turned into a LOON trip.

Key:
P - Protection Island
S - Smith Island
M - Minor Island



Common Loon - P, S
Pacific Loon - P
Red Throated Loon - Admiralty Inlet
Yellow Billed Loon - M
Western Grebe - P
Red Necked Grebe - P
Horned Grebe - P
Double Crested Cormorant - P
Brandt's Cormorant - P
Pelagic Cormorant - P
Great Blue heron - P
Black Scoter - P
White winged scoter - P
Surf Scoter - P
Harlequin Duck - P
Oldsquaw - P, S
Red Breasted Merganser - P, S
Black Oystercatcher - S, Point Hudson marina
Dunlin - S
Sanderling - S
western Sandpiper - R
Heermann's Gull - P,& Point Hudson Marina
Bonaparte Gull - P, Point hudson Marina
Mew Gull - P
Thayer's Gull - P
Glaucus Winged gull -P & Point Hudson Marina
Common murre - P
Pigeon Guillemont - P
Rhinocerous auklet - P
Bald Eagle - Minor Island
Northern Harrier - P (a pair)
Peregrin Falcon - P
Rock Dove - Point Hudson Marina
Northwestern crow - P
Starling - Point Hudson Marina

Mammals:
Harbor Seals - Protection Island
Harbor Porpoise - in the waters between Smith Island and Point Wilson




The next Protection Island Cruise is scheduled for Saturday, November 8th
at 1 pm.

P. Badame
Port Townsend Marine Science Center
360-385-5582