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Date: April 22, 2005
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 59 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 64 degrees
fahrenheit
Wind direction: W
Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were seen by Wayne Weber from 10:30 AM to 2:10 PM
on April 22, 2005 at Point Roberts, Whatcom County, WA.

The weather was exceptionally warm for April. Winds were nearly calm
on the east side of the point, but W up to 15 km/hr on the west
side.

Areas birded included Benson Road near the firehall, Lily Point, the
marina, the "marina slough trail" west of Tyee Drive, and Lighthouse
Marine Park.

Noteworthy birds included a BLACK OYSTERCATCHER on the beach east of
the marina and later at Lighthouse Marine Park (LMP), 61 BLACK
TURNSTONES on the breakwater at the marina entrance, 2 RHINOCEROS
AUKLETS and 2 MARBLED MURRELETS off LMP, a HUTTON'S VIREO at Lily
Point, and 2 VIRGINIA RAILS calling along the slough trail.

One DOUGLAS SQUIRREL was seen near the firehall, and one HARBOR SEAL
in the ocean off LMP.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Gadwall 4 [1]
American Wigeon 2 [2]
Mallard 6
Greater Scaup 200 [3]
Harlequin Duck 9
Surf Scoter 1000 [4]
White-winged Scoter 6
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 100 [5]
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 1 [6]
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Common Loon 4
Horned Grebe 20
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Pelagic Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 6 [7]
Northern Harrier 2 [8]
Virginia Rail 2 [9]
Killdeer 1
Black Oystercatcher 1 [10]
Black Turnstone 61 [11]
Bonaparte's Gull 3 [12]
Mew Gull 60
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Pigeon Guillemot 1 [13]
Marbled Murrelet 2 [14]
Rhinoceros Auklet 2 [15]
Rock Dove 1
Rufous Hummingbird 5 [16]
Belted Kingfisher 2
Hutton's Vireo 1 [17]
Northwestern Crow 15
Tree Swallow 2 [18]
Violet-green Swallow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 [19]
Barn Swallow 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Bushtit 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 [20]
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 4
Marsh Wren 2 [21]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 20
Varied Thrush 2
European Starling 20
Orange-crowned Warbler 8 [22]
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 [23]
Common Yellowthroat 4 [24]
Spotted Towhee 6
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 8 [25]
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brewer's Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 4 [26]
House Finch 8
Red Crossbill 2 [27]
Pine Siskin 10
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 8

Footnotes:

[1] Gadwall-- Edwards Dr. Pond
[2] Am. Wigeon-- Edwards Dr. pond
[3] Greater Scaup-- many with scoters
[4] Surf Scoter-- large flocks off Lily Point
[5] Long-tailed Duck-- many with scoters
[6] Hooded Merganser-- 1f, Edwards Dr. pond
[7] Bald Eagle-- adult on nest near marina (Simundson Dr.)
[8] N. Harrier-- pair flying around slough trail area
[9] Virginia Rails-- calling from marsh N of slough trail
[10] Black Oystercatcher-- on beach E of marina; later, on beach at
LMP (flew in from E)
[11] Black Turnstones-- on marina breakwater and nearby beach
[12] Bonaparte's Gulls-- flying off Lily Point
[13] Pigeon Guillemot-- LMP
[14] Marbled Murrelets-- LMP
[15] Rhinoceros Auklet-- LMP
[16] Rufous Hummer-- several males on territory (one displaying)
[17] Hutton's Vireo-- singing, near Lily Point
[18] Tree Swallows-- along marina slough
[19] NRW Swallows-- Lily Point
[20] R-b. Nuthatch-- near firehall
[21] Marsh Wren-- along slough trail
[22] O-C Warblers-- widely scattered, singing
[23] Y-R Warbler-- one near firehall, one at Lily Point
[24] Com. Yellowthroat-- all singing along marina slough trail
[25] White-c. Sparrows-- widely scattered, singing
[26] Purple Finch-- several singing, near firehall and near Lily Point
[27] Red Crossbill-- 2 flying over near firehall

Total number of species seen: 65

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net