We rented David Attenborough's Life of Birds (excellent series). He talked
about the nesting behavior of the Ancient Murrelet. They lay their eggs and
hatch their chicks in the woods not far from the sea. Then 2-3 days after
the chicks hatch, the parent goes back to sea and calls the chicks. They
all frantically run through the woods out to sea to find their parents. And
they are able to reunite with them (if not snatched up by a preditor) by
hearing their call. It was quite a sight on film.
They are truely sea birds.
Nancy Lander

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Schlick" <greenfant at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Ancient Murrelets at Ft. Worden SP


> Today, Mike Fleming and I birded around Port Townsend. Here's what we
found:
>
> Ancient Murrelet (11) at Ft. Worden SP
> Marbled Murrelet (6) at Diamond Point
> Brant at Ft. Flagler SP, Oak Bay
> Black Scoter (5) at Oak Bay
> White-winged Scoter at Oak Bay, Ft. Flagler, Ft. Worden
> Pacific Loon at Diamond Point, Port Gamble, Ft. Flagler
> Oldsquaw at Ft. Flagler, Port Gamble
> Red-throated Loon at Port Gamble
> Harlequin Duck at Oak Bay, Ft. Flagler, Ft. Worden
>
> Interestingly, we did not have any Rhinoceros Auklets at all today.
>
> Stefan Schlick
> Bellevue, WA
>
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