Hi Tweets,

Sorry for the delay with this report. Mike West and I found the Samish
Gyrfalcon yesterday 11/14 atop the pole at the East 90 -- a beautiful bird.
At the West 90 there were two Rough-legged Hawks, a Short-eared Owl, and
several harriers. 1/2 mile south of the T there a Peregrine Falcon perched
on a power pole. At the park on the north side of Samish Island was a good
assortment of ducks -- including Harlequin and Long-tailed -- cormorants,
gulls, and a Common Loon.

At Rosario Beach on the north side of Deception Pass we had good numbers of
birds just as the tide began to ebb: Rhinocerous Auklets, Common Murres,
four Red-throated Loons, one Pacific Loon, and in the bay -- just west of
the park's headland and adjacent to the Walla Walla College research
station -- we had good views of a Yellow-billed Loon.

Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.webster at comcast.net