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Date: April 7, 2004
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 54 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 57 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber between 3:30 and
8:15 PM (PDST) on April 7, 2004 at Point Roberts, Whatcom County, WA.
The tide was rising during my visit from a low of 2.6 feet at 1:55 PM
to a high of 14.4 feet at 8:45 PM PDST.

Noteworthy birds included 5 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS off Lighthouse Marine
Park (uncommon at Point Roberts) and 2 singing COMMON YELLOWTHROATS
(probably arrived within the last few days).

For the second visit in a row, HARBOR PORPOISES (about 6) were seen
just off Lighthouse Marine Park.

Other mammals observed were one HARBOR SEAL and one EASTERN
COTTONTAIL, and at least 8 PACIFIC TREE-FROGS were heard croaking.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pacific Loon 20
Common Loon 30
Horned Grebe 15
Red-necked Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Pelagic Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 3
Brant 6 [1]
Gadwall 4
Mallard 12
Green-Winged Teal 2 [2]
Greater Scaup 15
Harlequin Duck 40
Surf Scoter 120
Black Scoter 30 [3]
Long-tailed Duck 3 [4]
Bufflehead 3 [5]
Common Goldeneye 20
Barrow's Goldeneye 6 [6]
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Bald Eagle 2 [7]
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Sanderling 35 [8]
Mew Gull 10
Glaucous-winged Gull 60
Common Murre 6 [9]
Pigeon Guillemot 1 [10]
Marbled Murrelet 4 [11]
Rhinoceros Auklet 5 [12]
Rock Dove 7
Rufous Hummingbird 3
Hutton's Vireo 1
Northwestern Crow 25
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Bewick's Wren 2
Winter Wren 5
Marsh Wren 3 [13]
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 30
European Starling 25
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2 [14]
Spotted Towhee 6
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 10
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 15
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 8

Footnotes:

[1] Brant-- flying past Lighthouse Marine Park
[2] Green-winged Teal-- pair
[3] Black Scoters-- with Surf Scoters off Lily Point
[4] Long-tailed Duck-- 1m, 2f
[5] Bufflehead-- 1m, 2f
[6] Barrow's Goldeneye-- 4m and 2f together, off Lily Point
[7] Bald Eagle-- 2 ads. (1 on nest along Simundson Dr., 1 flying
along shore)
[8] Sanderlings-- on shore at Lighthouse Marine Park
[9] Common Murres-- Lighthouse Marine Park
[10] Pigeon Guillemot-- L.M. Park
[11] Marbled Murrelets-- L.M. Park
[12] Rhinoceros Auklets-- L.M. Park, quite close to shore
[13] Marsh Wrens-- singing in wet area west of foot of Tyee Dr.
[14] Common Yellowthroats-- singing in wet area west of foot of Tyee
Dr.

Total number of species seen: 62