Hi Tweets,

Below is Terry Wahl's report of birds seen last Saturday on the Westport
pelagic trip. The 3 Manx Shearwaters were right off (within 1/2 mile) the
end of the Westport Jetty in a large flock of Sooty Shearwaters (~1000) and
Common Murres in the morning (0630-0700 hrs). We could not relocate them
later in the day in the large Sooty flock (~1600 hrs). The Arctic Terns
were one year old birds, similar to individuals seen in late April, and may
be birds that are summering at these latitudes rather than birds returning
from the Arctic.

Upcoming Westport trips are scheduled for 7/24, 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, and 8/28.
Contact TRWahl at aol.com for more information/reservations.

Gene Revelas
Tacoma, WA
grevelas at striplin.com

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Off Westport, 10 July: very good sea and observation conditions. High sea
surface temperatures, no fishing vessels, very low numbers of birds
offshore.
Most birds - shearwaters, gulls, murres - foraging on bait fish at Grays
Harbor entrance.

Black-footed Albatross 36
Northern Fulmar 8
Pink-footed Shearwater 4
Sooty Shearwater 2132
MANX SHEARWATER 3
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 33,
Pomarine Jaeger 1
jaeger sp.1
Heermann's Gull 35
California Gull 2
Western and Glaucous-winged gulls 702
Sabine's Gull 1
Caspian Tern 1
Arctic Tern 2
Common Murre 713
Pigeon Guillemot 26
Cassin's Auklet 1
Rhinoceros Auklet 38

gray whale 1
harbor porpoise 6
Dall's porpoise 8
northern fur seal 2

Terry Wahl