>Hi tweets, I am a little late getting this message out but nevertheless...
>On April 12, I decided to visit the coastal location of Ucluelet BC (on
>the west side of Vancouver Island) where there is a coast guard station
>and a great view over the ocean.
>
>In the span of 90 minutes, I had observed the following migrants:
>
>Brant 3
>Common Murre 22
>Marbled Murrelet 18
>Pacific Loon 96
>Northern Shoveler 8
>Savannah Sparrow 1
>Black-legged Kittiwake 3
>Northern Fulmar 3
>Fork-tailed Storm-petrel 1
>Sooty Shearwater 777
>Grey Whale 3
>
>I was particularly impressed with the movements of the shearwaters. First
>of all, some came very close to shore and secondly there was a rather
>steady flow of them moving north from 3pm to 4:20pm (at which time
>movement had significantly slowed). Clearly this location is worth
>watching or putting on your itinerary of your next visit to Vancouver
>Island, especially if you are prone to seasickness.
>
>cheers,
>
>Don Cecile (dcecile at sd70.bc.ca)
>Vice-Principal
>Mount Klitsa Junior Secondary
>5100 Tebo Road
>Port Alberni, BC
>V9Y 6Z5
>tel: (250)723-8195
>fax: (250)723-3583
>
>
>
>
cheers,

Don Cecile (dcecile at sd70.bc.ca)
Vice-Principal
Mount Klitsa Junior Secondary
5100 Tebo Road
Port Alberni, BC
V9Y 6Z5
tel: (250)723-8195
fax: (250)723-3583