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Date: October 27, 2005

Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington



Low temperature: 54 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 57 degrees fahrenheit

Wind direction: SE

Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h

Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 30%

Precipitation: none



The following list of birds was recorded by Wayne Weber at Point

Roberts, Whatcom County, WA between 1:30 and 4:30 PM on October 27,

2005. Areas visited included Lighthouse Marine Park, the west end of

Gulf Road, Edwards Drive, and Benson Road west of Tyee Drive. Lily

Point was not visited.



The most noteworthy observation was the large flock of PACIFIC LOONS

just off Lighthouse Marine Park, which included many MEW GULLS, about

10 COMMON MURRES, and 2 PIGEON GUILLEMOTS. Somewhat surprisingly,

there were no cormorants, HEERMANN'S GULLS, or RHINOCEROS AUKLETS

with this flock.



Landbird activity was low because of the time of day and brisk,

steady breeze.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



American Wigeon 6

Mallard 15

Green-Winged Teal 3

Greater Scaup 1

Harlequin Duck 1

Surf Scoter 50

White-winged Scoter 6

Black Scoter 2 [1]

Long-tailed Duck 4 [2]

Bufflehead 1

Hooded Merganser 9 [3]

Red-breasted Merganser 10

Red-throated Loon 1

Pacific Loon 300 [4]

Common Loon 4

Horned Grebe 12

Red-necked Grebe 1

Western Grebe 2

Double-crested Cormorant 50

Pelagic Cormorant 10

Great Blue Heron 2

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Black Turnstone 25 [5]

Bonaparte's Gull 4

Mew Gull 80

Glaucous-winged Gull 50

Common Murre 10

Pigeon Guillemot 2 [6]

Marbled Murrelet 2 [7]

Northern Flicker 2

Northwestern Crow 12

Black-capped Chickadee 3

Winter Wren 3

Golden-crowned Kinglet 3

American Robin 6

European Starling 50

Spotted Towhee 1

Fox Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 4

Dark-eyed Junco 2

House Finch 8

American Goldfinch 2

House Sparrow 5



Footnotes:



[1] Black Scoter-- 2 males with Surf Scoters, Lighthouse Marine Park

[2] Long-t. Duck-- flock of 4 flying past Lighthouse Marine Park

[3] Hooded Merganser-- flock of 9 in Edwards Dr. pond

[4] Pacific Loon-- flock of 300 close to shore

off Lighthouse Marine Park; some still in partial breeding

plumage

[5] Black Turnstones-- on pilings, Lighthouse Marine Park

[6] Pigeon Guillemot-- 2 with loon flock, Lighthouse Marine Park

[7] Marbled Murrelet-- pair flying past Lighthouse Marine Park



Total number of species seen: 43