Hi Steve,

I reported a large gathering (at least for this spot) of Surf Scooters (100+) at the Mukilteo Ferry dock during the first week in December. I have not been back there for about 10 days since I have changed jobs and no longer take a lunch-break walk to the beach, so am not sure if they are still around. I will most likely check later today.

Do you generally see substantially larger numbers than this at Penn Cove?

Best,
Judy

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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Steve Ellis <sellis at coup.wednet.edu>
> I lost the name of the person who replied about the drop in scoter numbers
> being possibly due to the change in weather. Penn Cove, our biggest draw for
> scoters, only experiences a drop in numbers in late January into February
> when the birds go looking for herring spawn. I checked the cove almost
> weekly this fall and the birds just never appeared in large numbers.
> Hopefully they are somewhere else.
> Steve Ellis
> Coupeville, Wa
> coup.wednet.edu
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