Natalie and I enjoyed a happy return to birding today with a trip up
to Point No Point and Foulweather Bluff. While we didn't see a ton of
species, it simply felt good to be out watching birds rather than
sitting at home writing about them. And the bonus of running into
fellow birder Matt Bartels at Point No Point this afternoon was a
welcome addition to the day.

Here is a quick rundown of the species we noted in the cold weather
and during high tide this afternoon at each site:

Point No Point: (27 species seen)
- Common Loon
- Double-crested, Brandt's, and Pelagic Cormorants
- Great Blue Heron (8 hunting in the marshy area south of the point
and along the stream)
- Common Murre
- Common Goldeneye
- Dunlin (there may have been some Sanderling mixed in a small group
of peeps, but it was hard to tell from a great distance)
- A large flock of gulls was feeding along the rip tide line directly
north of the point when we arrived, mostly made up of BONAPARTE'S
GULLS
- Red-necked, Horned, and Western Grebe
- Common and Red-breasted Merganser
- Mallard
- Green-winged Teal
- Bufflehead
- Rhinocerous Auklet
- Golden-crowned, White-crowned, and Song Sparrows
- American Robin
- American Crow
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Bald Eagle

Foulweather Bluff: (18 species seen)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Winter and Marsh Wren
- Mallard
- American Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Bufflehead
- Surf Scoter
- Common Murre
- Great Blue Heron
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Killdeer
- Western and Red-necked Grebe
- Common and Red-throated Loon
- American Crows joisting in mid-air and heading to their communal
roost for the night
- American Robin

Happy birding!

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