Subject: N. Olympic Peninsula: 30 Oct. 2003
Date: Oct 31 01:09:30 2003
From: Charlie Wright - charlie at birdwright.com


Hello all,
Spent a pleasant day birding several areas in this region. While there were
no rarities to speak of, the numbers are certainly out there.

Thursday, 30 October 2003 (8:30am-5:00pm).
Primarily Jefferson and Clallam County - 85 species.
Partly cloudy, NE wind lt. until noon, gusting to 35 remainder of day.

Hwy 3 at Sinclair Inlet S of Bremerton (9:15am)
Surf Scoter (20+)
Black Scoter (6: 5m., 1f.)
Horned Grebe (6)

Marrowstone Isle -- Ft. Flagler S.P./Mystery Bay S.P. (10:30am-1:20pm)
Greater Scaup (15)
Lesser Scaup (6)
Harlequin Duck (23)-incl. several displaying/calling drakes.
Surf Scoter (15)
White-winged Scoter (90 +/-)
Long-tailed Duck (23)
Bufflehead (10)
Barrow's Goldeneye (3)-SE side of island.
Hooded Merganser (1m.)
Red-breasted Merganser (347: ALL female/imm. male in essentially one raft)
Red-throated Loon (1ad.)
Pacific Loon (26)
Common Loon (12)-some calling early on.
Horned Grebe (45)
Red-necked Grebe (16)
Eared Grebe (1)
Western Grebe (5)
Brandt's Cormorant (6)
Double-crested Cormorant (150+)
Pelagic Cormorant (100+)
Great Blue Heron (24)
Bald Eagle (5ad.)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1ad.)
Black-bellied Plover (70)
Killdeer (8)
Greater Yellowlegs (6)-Mystery Bay.
Black Turnstone (1)
Sanderling (35)
Dunlin (75)
Bonaparte's Gull (11)
Heermann's Gull (2ad)
Mew Gull (110)
Herring Gull (1)
Glaucous-winged Gull (200)
Common Murre (7)
Pigeon Guillemot (18)
Rhinoceros Auklet (1)
Band-tailed Pigeon (1)-all landbirds seen at Mystery Bay S.P.
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Northwestern Crow (60)
Common Raven (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (4)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (10)
Bewick's Wren (1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (5)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (25)
Am. Robin (10)
Am. Pipit (2)
Cedar Waxwing (15)
Spotted Towhee (6)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Fox Sparrow (4)
Song Sparrow (15)
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (12)
Dark-eyed Junco (5)
Purple Finch (4)
House Finch (50)
Pine Siskin (2)
= = =
River Otter (1)-Mystery Bay.
California Sea Lion (50)
Harbor Seal (6)

Gardiner -- Diamond Point (2:20-2:55)
Canada Goose (10)
Gadwall (30)-lagoon.
Am. Wigeon (25)
Mallard (20)
Northern Pintail (5)
Green-winged Teal (4)
Greater Scaup (9)
Harlequin Duck (6)
White-winged Scoter (5)
Bufflehead (10)
Pacific Loon (2)
Common Loon (1)
Red-necked Grebe (3)
Double-crested Cormorant (15)
Am. Coot (11)
Mew Gull (20)
Ring-billed Gull (1)
California Gull (5)
Glaucous-winged Gull (30)
Pigeon Guillemot (14)
Rhinoceros Auklet (1)
= = =
Raccoon (1)

Sequim -- John Wayne Marina (3:15-3:45)
Greater Scaup (18)
White-winged Scoter (40)
Bufflehead (10)
Common Merganser (1)
Pacific Loon (35)
Common Loon (4)
Red-necked Grebe (5)
Western Grebe (10)
Double-crested Cormorant (25)
Pelagic Cormorant (12)
Bald Eagle (1ad.)
Red-tailed Hawk (1 juv.)
Black-bellied Plover (16)
Dunlin (10)
California Gull (8)
Glaucous-winged Gull (50)
Western Gull (1ad.)
Common Murre (2)
Pigeon Guillemot (15)

Sequim -- Three Crabs area (4:15-5:00)
Eurasian Wigeon (1m.)
Am. Wigeon (110)
Mallard (100)
Northern Shoveler (3)
Northern Pintail (20)
Green-winged Teal (12)
Red-breasted Merganser (30)
Horned Grebe (5)
Brandt's Cormorant (20)
Double-crested Cormorant (80)
Pelagic Cormorant (30)
Bald Eagle (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Peregrine Falcon (1ad.)
Western Sandpiper (7)
Heermann's Gull (6)
Mew Gull (100)
Herring Gull (1)
Glaucous-winged Gull (200)
Mourning Dove (15)
Northern Flicker (3)
Red-winged Blackbird (40)
Brewer's Blackbird (40)
Am. Goldfinch (2)

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