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Date: May 19, 2003
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 55 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 60 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: NW
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 20%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at Point Roberts,
Washington between about 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM on May 19, 2003.

The tide was very low during most of my visit (low 1.0 feet at 2:45
PM), with many rocks and gravel bars exposed off Lily Point.

Areas visited included Lily Point, Pauls Road, South Beach, and the
west end of Gulf Road.

Noteworthy birds included two PARASITIC JAEGERS, rarely seen in
spring (but regular in fall), and a late feeding flock off PACIFIC
LOONS off South Beach. The latter was accompanied by at least 100
unidentified cormorants-- probably DOUBLE-CRESTED, but may have
included some BRANDT'S.

Mammals seen included 37 HARBOR SEALS, hauled out on rocks off Lily
Point (a high count, because of the very low tide) and one DOUGLAS
SQUIRREL heard near Lily Point.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pacific Loon 500 [1]
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Pelagic Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Gadwall 4 [2]
Mallard 11
Greater Scaup 6
Harlequin Duck 15 [3]
Surf Scoter 400 [4]
White-winged Scoter 40 [5]
Bufflehead 2 [6]
Common Goldeneye 1 [7]
Bald Eagle 10 [8]
Red-tailed Hawk 2 [9]
Parasitic Jaeger 2 [10]
Glaucous-winged Gull 200
Common Tern 30 [11]
Common Murre 2 [12]
Rhinoceros Auklet 6 [13]
Rufous Hummingbird 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Northwestern Crow 20
Common Raven 2
Violet-green Swallow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Bewick's Wren 2
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 10
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 3
Western Tanager 1 [14]
Spotted Towhee 4
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Brewer's Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 12
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 2

Footnotes:

[1] Pacific Loon-- huge feeding flock off South Beach
[2] Gadwall-- 2m, 2f on pond west of marina
[3] Harlequin Ducks-- at Lily Point
[4] Surf Scoters-- mostly in flocks in Boundary Bay off Lily Point
[5] White-winged Scoters-- off Lily Point
[6] Bufflehead-- females
[7] Common Goldeneye-- female off Gulf Road
[8] Bald Eagle-- 5 ad., 5 imm. (mostly near Lily Point)
[9] Red-tailed Hawk-- pair near Pauls Road
[10] Parasitic Jaeger-- 2 chasing Common Terns off Lily Point; one
of same birds (probably) seen off South Beach
[11] Common Terns-- feeding off Lily Point and South Beach
[12] Common Murre-- one off Gulf Road, one with loon flock off South
Beach
[13] Rhinoceros Auklets-- with loon flock off South Beach
[14] Western Tanager-- female at Lily Point

Total number of species seen: 51