I would like to apologize in advance to all who read about the emaciated
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel and realize it should not have been removed from
the beach. I was one of those two women, had not read the fine print of my
field guide re: removing birds from the beach, and returned the bird as soon
as I was told I had violated a law. It was in the last throes when I first
saw it, unable to hold up it's head, eyes dulled, keel very prominant, and
in the middle of the tire-tracked area of sand on an outgoing tide. Having
said that, I am not excusing my ignorance, just telling it as it was. It
died within 1/2 hr of showing it to Gary Miles, et al for identification.

Interestingly, in our COASST survey just north of the jetty on Wednesday,
there was a second FTSP, dead and intact. I know it was a different bird as
the measurements were different.
Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores, Wa.
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Wiles <wilesharkey at yahoo.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:40 PM
Subject: birding at Gray's Harbor and Tokeland


Tweeters,

Here's a slightly belated trip report from Gray's Harbor and Tokeland on
Monday, April 9 made by Celistino Aguon, Nathan Johnson, and myself.
Highlights were as follows:

Ocean City State Park:
1 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
1 TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
numerous ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
1 PURPLE FINCH
2 probable singing SWAINSON'S THRUSHES

Ocean Shores North Jetty:
We met two women with an emaciated FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL that they had
just recovered from the beach to the north.

Ocean Shores Spit East of Sewage Treatment Plant:
12 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
2 flocks of DUNLIN with 750-1,000 birds total

Damon Point:
10 CASPIAN TERNS

Marshy field along Highway 105 1-2 miles east of Ocasta:
18 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
3 TURKEY VULTURES

Marsh along Highway 105 just west of the bridge between Bay City and
Laidlaw (see Delorme map, p 58):
7 BLACK-NECKED STILTS - seen well, about 100 yds north of highway

Toke Point, Tokeland:
350-400 MARBLED GODWITS - roosting on dock
2 WHIMBRELS
2-3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (calls heard)
3 WILLETS
15-20 COMMON LOONS in breeding plumage
30 BRANT
1 CASPIAN TERN


Gary Wiles
Tumwater, WA
wilesharkey at yahoo.com



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