Subject: Census Count: Fort Worden State Park, Jefferson County, Washington on April 16, 2003
Date: Apr 18 22:27:00 2003
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This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 16, 2003
Location: Fort Worden State Park, Jefferson County, Washington

Low temperature: 8 degrees celsius High temperature: 12 degrees celsius
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber from 8:30 AM to 12
noon on the morning of April 16, 2003 at Fort Worden State Park,
Jefferson County, WA (including Point Wilson and the North Beach
area).

Two HARBOR SEALS were seen in the water off Point Wilson, and at
least 10 PACIFIC TREE FROGS were heard croaking in a swampy area west
of the fort.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Common Loon 4
Horned Grebe 15
Brandt's Cormorant 100 [1]
Pelagic Cormorant 20
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 3
Lesser Scaup 6
Surf Scoter 8
White-winged Scoter 2
Bufflehead 20
Hooded Merganser 10
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 12
Black-bellied Plover 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Pigeon Guillemot 12
Rhinoceros Auklet 150 [2]
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Hutton's Vireo 1
Northwestern Crow 50
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Bushtit 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 12
European Starling 50
American Pipit 8 [3]
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 8
Pine Siskin 1
House Sparrow 6

Footnotes:

[1] Brandt's Cormorant-- off Point Wilson
[2] Rhinoceros Auklet-- off Point Wilson
[3] American Pipit-- Point Wilson

Total number of species seen: 42