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Date: September 24, 2002
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 10 degrees celsius High temperature: 22 degrees celsius
Wind direction: NW
Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h gusting to: 29-38 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following species were observed between 10:15 A.M. and 3:30 P.M.
on September 24, 2002 on Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington.
Areas visited included Lighthouse Marine Mark, the west end of Gulf
Road, Edwards Drive, the marina, and Lily Point.

The brisk northwest winds hampered observations considerably by
making it hard to spot birds on the choppy waters and hard to hear
landbirds.

The most notable observation was a tight flock of 8 silent STELLER'S
JAYS, obviously migrating along the shoreline at Lighthouse Marine
Park.

One DOUGLAS SQUIRREL was also heard calling.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pacific Loon 3 [1]
Common Loon 20
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 12
Western Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Pelagic Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Mallard 10
Harlequin Duck 14
Surf Scoter 40
White-winged Scoter 1 [2]
Red-tailed Hawk 1 [3]
Killdeer 2
Black Turnstone 9
Sanderling 50
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull 2 [4]
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Unidentified gull 20
Rock Dove 2
Northern Flicker 3
Steller's Jay 8 [5]
Northwestern Crow 40
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bushtit 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 300
American Pipit 3
Cedar Waxwing 60
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26 [6]
Spotted Towhee 4
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 8
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1 [7]
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Brewer's Blackbird 1 [8]
House Finch 6
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 25

Footnotes:

[1] in breeding plumage
[2] male
[3] adult
[4] adults
[5] tight flock of migrants, Lighthouse Marine Park
[6] 20 Audubon's, 6 Myrtle
[7] immature
[8] male

Total number of species seen: 51