I just got a call from Todd Thornton (whose computer is
still down). He was heading out on the jetty as I was heading
in. He reports a close pass (within 100m) of a small,
black and white shearwater, "white underwings, white underneath
all the way to the undertail coverts" He watched it gliding
around for about 1 minute. Todd was up on the jetty about
1km from the river beach.

He also reported a small black and white alcid that looked
blotchy at the throat, but too far out for details.

--
Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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