>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:41:55 +0100
>To: msc
>From: Port Townsend Marine Science Center <ptmsc at olympus.net>
>Subject: Protection Island/Smith Island sightings 10/16/99 (marbled murrelet)
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>>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:40:30 +0100
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>>From: Port Townsend Marine Science Center <ptmsc at olympus.net>
>>Subject: Protection Island/Smith Island sightings 10/16/99 (marbled murrelet)
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>>Dear Tweeters,
>>The Port Townsend Marine Science Center Protection Island cruise of
>>10/16/99 resulted in the sightings listed below. While we did travel to
>>Smith Island also, since the water was so flat, and had multiple
>>sightings of a Minke whale, I regret that we didn't do our usual loop
>>over to Kilisut Harbor at the end of the trip and spot the Oldsquaws
>>reported by Ruth.
>>Key:
>>P - Protection Island
>>S - Smith Island
>>PtH - Point Hudson Marina
>>
>>Common Loon - P
>>Pacific Loon - P (many)
>>Western Grebe - P
>>Double crested cormorant - P
>>(interestingly, there are many more Double Crested Cormorant nests
>>constructed on Protection Island this year - those amazing architectural
>>cones built of sticks, mud, featrhers, etc. - the newer ones are not on
>>the ridge line but along the cliff on ledges)
>>Brandt's Cormorant - P
>>Pelagic cormorant - P
>>Great blue heron - P (kelp)
>>Black Scoter - P
>>White winged scoter - P
>>Surf Scoter - P
>>Harlequin Duck - P (many)
>>Red Breasted Merganser - P
>>Black Tornstone - S
>>Sanderling - S
>>Heerman's gull - everwhere
>>Mew Gull - Everywhere
>>Glaucus winged gull - Everwhere
>>Caspian Tern - PtH
>>common murre - everwhere
>>Pigeon guillemot - everywhere
>>Marbled murrelet P (off the eastern spit)
>>Rhinocerous Auklet - S
>>Bald Eagle - 2P, 2S
>>Starling - PtH
>>Minke Whale - off Smith I.
>>Calif. Sea Lion - on the Pt. Wilson Buoy
>>Harbor Seals - P,S
>>
>>Remaining Protection Island Sighting cruises are scheduled for Saturdays:
>>Oct 22nd, Oct 30, Nov. 6th, Nov. 27th & Friday, Dec. 31st
>>
>>Regards,
>>Peter B.
>>PTMSC
>>
>>
>>
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