This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 17, 2003
Location: Dungeness, Clallam County, Washington

Low temperature: 13 degrees celsius High temperature: 15 degrees celsius
Wind direction: SW
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber along Three Crabs Road,
near Dungeness, WA between 3:00 and 4:30 PM on April 17, 2003.

The weather was initially sunny and mild (about 15 degrees), with
very little wind. However, storm clouds moved in from over the
Olympic Mountains, with heavy rain and strong SW winds beginning
shortly after I left the area.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant 100 [1]
Pelagic Cormorant 3 [2]
Great Blue Heron 4
Canada Goose 14
Brant 200
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 50
Mallard 40
Northern Shoveler 12
Green-Winged Teal 30
Surf Scoter 3
Bufflehead 25
Common Goldeneye 4 [3]
Red-breasted Merganser 50
Bald Eagle 5 [4]
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
California Quail 5
American Coot 5
Killdeer 10
Dunlin 30 [5]
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 [6]
Mew Gull 5
Glaucous-winged Gull 60
Rock Dove 10
Northwestern Crow 10
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 8
European Starling 60
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brewer's Blackbird 30
House Finch 30
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 10

Footnotes:

[1] Double-c. Cormorant-- on pilings at 3 Crabs
[2] Pelagic Cormorant-- on pilings at 3 Crabs
[3] Common Goldeneye-- all females
[4] Bald Eagle-- 3 ads., 2 imm. One ad. was in a huge dead Western
Red Cedar to the S, next to a nest
[5] Dunlin-- mostly in breeding plumage
[6] Short-b. Dowitcher-- with flock of Dunlin, on edge of pond on
south side of road

Total number of species seen: 42