Subject: Everett Harbor
Date: Jun 7 21:13:16 1998
From: Christopher Hill - cehill at u.washington.edu
A quick paddle around Everett Harbor resulted in the following sightings
(not in checklist order; the highlights are towards the top):
1 Horned Grebe - full alternate plumage, apparently unable to fly.
4 Arctic Terns - my first sighting this year.
13 Caspian Terns - a tiny remnant of what we've had the last two summers
(which is good - hopefully the others have found a place to nest somewhere
else)
2 Pigeon Guillemots - are they nesting?? If so, where??
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Unid. shorebird. About kildeer size, but not a kildeer...
35 Glaucous-winged Gulls - I could see from the water that three were on
nests. Probably more nests out of sight.
8 California Gulls - various ages
20 Canada Geese - two or three broods of full size offspring
1 "blue" goose - this guy's hung around Everett Harbor for two years, and
this is the first real good look I've had at him. He looked a bit chubby
to be a genuine Blue Goose.
1 Gadwall
3 Mallards
1 Great Blue Heron
6 Starlings
1 Barn Swallow
0 Purple Martins :(
3 Harbor Seals
Chris Hill
Everett, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu