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Date: October 12, 2004
Location: Point No Point, Kitsap County, Washington

Low temperature: 63 degrees Fahrenheit. High temperature: 67 degrees
Fahrenheit
Wind direction: NNW
Prevailing wind speed: 12-19 km/h gusting to: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber at and near Point No
Point, Kitsap County, WA on October 12, 2004 between about 1:00 and
4:15 PM.

The weather was sunny and mild, but there was a brisk wind from the
NNW, about 15 km/hr at my arrival, rising to 20-25 km/hr by the time
I left, eventually raising whitecaps on Puget Sound.

The highlight was at least 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS, which intermittently
harassed some of the numerous BONAPARTE'S GULLS. However, numbers of
alcids were low, only a single COMMON TERN was seen, and loons and
Brandt's Cormorants were conspicuous by their absence or
near-absence.

I could not find any of the PALM WARBLERS which had been seen at
Point No Point in the previous few days, but songbird activity was
low because of the persistent winds and the time of day, and a Palm
Warbler could easily have been present but overlooked.

At least 3 HARBOR SEALS were seen in offshore waters, and 3 DOUGLAS
SQUIRRELS were heard along the forest trail just south of the point.


Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pacific Loon 3 [1]
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 2
Western Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 150 [2]
Pelagic Cormorant 1
Mallard 2 [3]
Surf Scoter 8
Northern Harrier 2 [4]
Killdeer 1
Parasitic Jaeger 4 [5]
Bonaparte's Gull 500
Heermann's Gull 40 [6]
Mew Gull 60
California Gull 10
Glaucous-winged Gull 150
Common Tern 1 [7]
Common Murre 15
Pigeon Guillemot 3
Rhinoceros Auklet 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1 [8]
Hutton's Vireo 1 [9]
American Crow 25
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 6 [10]
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
European Starling 60
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 6
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 9
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 4

Footnotes:

[1] Pacific Loon-- 2 of 3 birds were in near-breeding plumage
[2] Double-c. Cormorant-- Large flock in bay toward Hansville,
singles and small groups constantly flying past
[3] Mallard-- pair of birds in marsh
[4] N. Harrier-- two birds seen at once, hunting over marsh S of the
point
[5] Parasitic Jaeger-- 3 seen at once harassing Bonaparte's Gulls,
possibly even 5 or 6 in total
[6] Heermann's Gull-- mostly adults
[7] Common Tern-- one bird seen for awhile off the tip of the
point, briefly rested on a log in the water with several
Bonaparte's.
[8] Hairy Woodpecker-- seen along forest trail about 0.5 miles S of
the point.
[9] Hutton's Vireo-- heard calling in the middle of
chickadee/kinglet flock, near where Hairy Woodpecker was seen.
[10] Winter Wren-- several birds stirred up by "squeaking", one even
began to sing.

Total number of species seen: 35