Richard,

Sounds like a juvenile Pigeon Guillemot. For the first few weeks after
fledging they are pretty much uniformly sooty blackish.

Gene Hunn.

----- Original Message -----
From: "artictern" <artictern at mycidco.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 3:42 AM
Subject: odd alcid at morrowstone point


> hi all,
> on 7/4 about 4:30 p.m. i observed an odd alcid at ft.flagler near pt.
townson. it looked most like a pigeon gillemont with no white on the wings.
all dark except lighter on the belly, the latter seen as it dove, legs not
red but appeared flesh colored. the bill was all dark, size and shape like
guillemont. no white on the undertail coverts, not short necked and wrong
bill shape for cassins auklet. the bird was feeding/diving about 100 yards
offshore, working parallel to the shore. it would remain on the surface for
about a minuet after a dive. the sun was behind me although it was cloudy
and raining off and on. i was using a 25x scope.
> does anyone have any thoughts on this?
> richard bledsoe
> chimacum,wa
> mailto: artictern at mycidco.com
>