My wife saw it first, then I called over two ladies that were birders
(they went on the boat trip also) and they also said it was a WHISKERED
AUKLET. We were no more then 30 feet from it.

We didn't know it was a unusual sighting. How long do I have to stand in
the corner?

I will try to eliminate the "stories" and stick to the facts in future
reports.

Jerry Converse

bboek at olympus.net wrote:
>
> Alright, Jerry, is this a test to see whether we read your whole story
> about birding in western Washington? In the body of your report you wrote:
>
> >At Port Townsend--before we got on the boat we saw a WHISKERED AUKLET
> >right in the opening to the Hudson Point Marina.
>
> Are you sure? If so, there might be a *few* people interested in seeing
> this bird. Could this have really been a rhinoceros auklet? If it is a
> Whiskered, it is the first ever for Washington.
>
> See, some of us do read your stories.
>
> Bob Boekelheide
> Sequim