Subject: Oak Bay-Fort Flagler Quick Trip - 2-15-2004
Date: Feb 16 07:19:43 2004
From: Desilvis, Denis J - denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com


Tweeters,
Sunday mid-day I made a quick trip to the Oak Bay-Fort Flagler area of Jefferson County. Highlights included 13 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Indian Island-Marrowstone Island causeway; 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Fort Flagler; and dozens of alcids rising as a very large tug with a bone in its teeth passed by Marrowstone Point. Note: Saw another Greater Yellowlegs at the area next to the Bremerton Yacht Club.

Birds seen include the following:
Oak Bay (both sides of the area as described in 'A Birder's Guide to Washington')
-Brant (apx 300)
-American Wigeon
-Mallard
-Northern Pintail
-Green-winged Teal
-Surf Scoter
-Bufflehead
-Common goldeneye
-Red-breasted Merganser
-Common Loon
-Pacific Loon
-Horned Grebe
-Pelagic Cormorant
-Great Blue Heron
-Bald Eagle
-Black Turnstone
-Glaucous-winged Gull
-Rock Pigeon
-Belted Kingfisher
-Steller's Jay
-American Crow
-Chestnut-backed Chickadee
-Golden-crowned Kinglet
-American Robin
-European Starling
-Song Sparrow
-Red-winged Blackbird
-House Finch

Indian Island-Marrowstone Island "causeway"
-Brant
-Northern Pintail
-Green-winged Teal
-Great Blue Heron
-Red-tailed Hawk
-Killdeer
-Greater Yellowlegs
-Glaucous-winged Gull
-American Crow


Fort Flagler (main picnic/campground area)
-Brant
-American Wigeon
-Northern Pintail
-Harlequin Duck
-Surf Scoter
-White-winged Scoter
-Long-tailed Duck
-Bufflehead
-Common Goldeneye
-Red-breasted Merganser
-Pacific Loon
-Common Loon
-Horned Grebe
-Red-necked Grebe
-Double-crested Cormorant
-Pelagic Cormorant
-Greater Yellowlegs
-Dunlin
-Mew Gull
-Glaucous-winged Gull
-Pigeon Guillemot
-Rock Pigeon
-American Crow
-American Robin
-European Starling
-Spotted Towhee
-Song Sparrow

Fort Flagler (Marrowstone Point)
-Northern Pintail
-Surf Scoter
-Red-breasted Merganser
-Pacific Loon
-Common Loon
-Horned Grebe
-Pelagic Cormorant
-Bald Eagle
-Mew Gull
-Glaucous-winged Gull
-Common Murre
-Pigeon Guillemot
-(other alcids, too far away to positively ID, but may have included Ancient Murrelet)
-Rock Pigeon
-American Crow
-American Robin
-Song Sparrow
-House Finch

May all your birds be identified,

Denis DeSilvis
Seattle, WA
mailto:denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com