Subject: Sequim-Dungeness CBC boat; 15 Dec. 2003
Date: Dec 15 23:05:51 2003
From: Charlie Wright - charlie at birdwright.com


Well everyone, Bruce LaBar, Bill Tweit, Vivian Gross (master scribe!), and
myself had a most successful day birding from a sailboat from John Wayne
Marina (Sequim Bay) west around Protection Island, then over the rather deep
water to the light at Dungeness Spit and back to the harbor. The numbers of
several species out beyond reasonable sight from shore was fairly
mind-boggling. Lots of fun was had by all.

Monday, 15 December 2003 (8:00am-12:30pm)
Sequim-Dungeness CBC Area 10 (BOAT)

Black Brant (204)
Harlequin Duck (11)
Surf Scoter (636)
White-winged Scoter (61)
Black Scoter (4)
Long-tailed Duck (990)
Bufflehead (6)
Common Goldeneye (5)
Red-breasted Merganser (98)
Red-throated Loon (3)
Pacific Loon (203)
Common Loon (50)
Yellow-billed Loon (4!): 1 juv; 2 ad. basic; 1 ad. in partial alternate.
Horned Grebe (53)
Red-necked Grebe (88)
Western Grebe (5)
Brandt's Cormorant (20)
Double-crested Cormorant (5)
Pelagic Cormorant (116)
Bonaparte's Gull (1)
Mew Gull (315)
Thayer's Gull (2)
Herring Gull (8)
Western Gull (10)
Glaucous-winged Gull (167)
Gl.-winged x Western Gull (111)
Gull, sp. (35)
Common Murre (411)
Pigeon Guillemot (750)
Marbled Murrelet (21)
Ancient Murrelet (1802!): flocks of 100's in tidal rips near D. Spit.
Rhinoceros Auklet (3)
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Harbor Seal (20+)
Elephant Seal (1 young male)-Protection Island.
Harbor Porpoise (6+)

Cheers and good birding.
--
Charlie Wright
Sumner, WA
charlie at birdwright.com