Brad,

I rode the Vashon ferry yesterday afternoon on the off chance of a Red
Phalarope, but saw neither a phalarope nor a murrelet, just four
Red-throated Loons flying south in mid-channel.

Gene.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Waggoner" <wagtail at sounddsl.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Ancient Murrelets & Red Phalaropes


> Tweets,
>
> Ancient Murrelets:
>
> A few boat trips and many, many scoping attempts from the shores of
> Bainbridge Island this Fall have not produced an Ancient Murrelet until
> today. I finally located one flying near Blakely Rock. It landed, or more
> appropriately "dove-in", briefly. It then flew on further south and out of
> sight. Vic Nelson reported some off of Point no Point today and with Sam
> Terry's report from Fort Flagler yesterday perhaps some are finally moving
> into the Central Sound. We had plenty flying offshore from the Dungeness
> Spit on the Sequim CBC a little over a week ago. I believe we counted over
> 200 during our shorter than normal lunch break at the tip of the spit. I
> believes this was consistent with our last few years. I just find it
> interesting that Ancient Murrelets were such a difficult find here in the
> Central Sound earlier in the season. Any explanations out there in
> Tweeterville?
>
> Red Phalaropes:
>
> Vic Nelson called me this morning to report that he had a couple Red
> Phalaropes off of Point no Point. Although I have been looking, I have
> been unable to find any off the shores of Bainbridge Island. The darn wind
> events have kept me from making a search by boat. I hope to try in the
> next few days if Mother Nature allows. As I have not noticed Phalarope
> reports further north than Point no Point, I wonder if these birds have
> moved up from the south as opposed to being "blown-down" the Strait of
> Juan de Fuca. Again, I would love to here some thoughts.
>
>
>
> Brad Waggoner
> Bainbridge Island, WA
> mailto:wagtail at sounddsl.com
>
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