I forgot to mention that en route to Kingston on that same day, the 10th, I
saw two marbled murrelets and two flocks of about 20 phalaropes each in
front of the ferry en route to Kingston. On the return trip I saw just one
smaller flock of about 10 phalaropes.
Kevin Li
King County Environmental Lab
322 West Ewing St.
Seattle, WA 98119

mailto: kevin.li at metrokc.gov
Mailstop: LAB-NR-0100

(206) 684-2344

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http://splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/lakes/index.htm


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> From: Pam Stanton-Wyman[SMTP:pstanton at snovalley.com]
> Reply To: pstanton at snovalley.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:51 PM
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: Parasitic Jaegers off Possession Pt.
>
> On Friday, Sept. 10, we observed 3-4 parasitic jaegers (new bird for me!)
> mobbing gulls, just off the beach at Possession Pt, Whidbey Island in
> Puget
> Sound.
> Lots of gulls: bonaparte's, heermann's, glaucous-winged, and ring-billed.
> Also large "bait balls" of gulls, rhino auklets, & common murres, pigeon
> guillemots, common terns, and murrelets that I wasn't confident
> identifying.
>
> Oh, and we caught 2 nice coho salmon.
>
> Pam Stanton-Wyman
> Carnation, WA
> mailto:pstanton at snovalley.com
>
>