Those would be Caspian Terns, I'm sure.

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, Washington
Reply to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Bryan Owens wrote:

> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:48:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bryan Owens <obryan214 at yahoo.com>
> To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Chambers Osprey, Pt. Defiance Eagle
>
> Hello Tweeters,
>
> Thursday evening I was fishing of Chambers Creek and saw an Osprey. It was making alot of noise and staying above the same area. It made a few dives but pulled up before hitting the water. After about fifteen minutes it landed on the pilings near the gravel pit, then I lost track of it.
> I was at the Pt. Defiance boat house the morning before and saw an eagle perched in the big snag to the right as your walking towards the parking lot.
> A really late report, way back when people were reporting the Sabines Gull at the Nisqually Delta, Iwas out in the boat off Luhr Beach and saw two gulls with half black heads. The first was right outside of the pilings and the second was closer to Lyle Point. It wasn't the same bird twice because I had just passed the first one up minutes before.
> I was wondering, does anybody know the species of turns that are at the slag pile and by the Narrows Marina? Their has to be several hundred and they really do make alot of noise.
> Thank you,
> Bryan Owens
>
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