WDFW monitors marine birds as part of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring
Program (PSAMP):

http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/01_proceedings/sessions/poster/c_nysewa.pdf
http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/03_proceedings/PAPERS/POSTER/p1_nysew.pdf
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/publications/seastar/archive/storyarchives/birdstudy.html

News on grebes and scoters has not been good.

I suspect there might be an update at the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Research
Conference scheduled for March.

Kevin Li
Ballard, USA