Sooty Shearwaters?

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
Phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- ian paulsen <ipaulsen at krl.org> wrote:
> HI:
> Any ideas??
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> ipaulsen at krl.org
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way"
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:42:46 -0700
> From: JOAN CARSON <jpcarson at earthlink.net>
> To: Ian Paulsen <ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>
> Subject: Bird Sighting on the Coast
>
> Hi Ian,
> Would you do me a favor and put something out to
> your birding buddies on the web?
> A friend of mine reported an interesting sighting on
> the 26th of June and I would like some guesses as to
> what the birds were.
> They were staying at Pacific Beach on the coast and
> at 5 pm that evening noticed a mass migration of
> birds about 100 yards offshore that were moving
> north. Lew said he tried to count them but that was
> a huge task. They kept passing by for more than 2
> hours. He estimated almost a million birds.
> Size-wise he said they were smaller than crows but
> larger than jays. So, there you have it. Would love
> to hear what others think these might be.
> Joan Carson
>


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