Subject: Census Count: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington on December 26, 2002
Date: Dec 29 17:29:17 2002
From: contopus at shaw.ca - contopus at shaw.ca


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Date: December 26, 2002
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 45 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: S
Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed on December 26, 2002 at Point
Roberts, Whatcom County, WA between about 10 AM and 2:30 PM. Areas
visited included Lighthouse Marine Park, the west end of Gulf Road,
South Beach, Pauls Road, Lily Point, and Maple Beach.

The wind, although brisk in shoreline areas, was not very noticeable
inland.

High tide (15.7 feet) was at 10:55, dropping to a low tide of 8.2
feet at 17:55.

In addition to the birds recorded, one HARBOR SEAL was seen.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Red-throated Loon 10
Pacific Loon 25 [1]
Common Loon 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 25
Red-necked Grebe 1 [2]
Double-crested Cormorant 70
Pelagic Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 44
Brant 25 [3]
Gadwall 2 [4]
American Wigeon 2 [5]
Mallard 2 [6]
Greater Scaup 30
Harlequin Duck 30
Surf Scoter 20
White-winged Scoter 40
Black Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 7
Bufflehead 40
Common Goldeneye 80
Hooded Merganser 3 [7]
Red-breasted Merganser 30
Bald Eagle 6 [8]
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Killdeer 12
Black Turnstone 13 [9]
Common Snipe 1 [10]
Mew Gull 20
Glaucous-winged Gull 100
Common Murre 5 [11]
Rock Dove 80
Downy Woodpecker 1 [12]
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1 [13]
Northwestern Crow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Bushtit 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 25
Varied Thrush 4
European Starling 80
Spotted Towhee 20
Fox Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 40
Golden-crowned Sparrow 6 [14]
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Brewer's Blackbird 32
House Finch 40
Pine Siskin 5
House Sparrow 20

Footnotes:

[1] off Lily Point
[2] off Maple Beach
[3] small flocks flying past Lighthouse Marine Park
[4] pair
[5] pair
[6] pair
[7] 1m, 2f
[8] 4 ad., 2 imm.
[9] roosting on dock, Lighthouse Marine Park
[10] flushed from ditch in South Beach area
[11] off Lighthouse Marine Park
[12] male
[13] near cemetery on APA Road
[14] Pauls Road

Total number of species seen: 56