This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: April 7, 2007
Location: Sandy Point, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 13 degrees Celsius High temperature: 14 degrees Celsius
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne C. Weber from about 4:30
to 8:00 PM on April 7, 2007 at Sandy Point, Whatcom County, WA.
The weather was overcast with no wind whatsoever, making for
excellent viewing conditions on the water from the tip of the point
near the marina entrance.

Noteworthy birds included a female SNOW BUNTING on the
beach near the tip of the point (getting late for this species), and
a high count of about 800 BRANT.

One EASTERN COTTONTAIL was seen near the base of the point.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose 2 [1]
Brant 800 [2]
Gadwall 4 [3]
Mallard 6
Northern Shoveler 4 [4]
Green-Winged Teal 3
Lesser Scaup 6
Harlequin Duck 4 [5]
Surf Scoter 200
Long-tailed Duck 15
Bufflehead 50
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 1 [6]
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Red-throated Loon 2
Pacific Loon 10
Common Loon 3
Horned Grebe 40 [7]
Red-necked Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Pelagic Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 2 [8]
Killdeer 5
Dunlin 40 [9]
Common Snipe 3
Mew Gull 6
Glaucous-winged Gull 100
Glaucous-winged x Western Gull 2
Pigeon Guillemot 8 [10]
Violet-green Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 [11]
American Robin 20
European Starling 80
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 [12]
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Snow Bunting 1 [13]
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Brewer's Blackbird 60
House Finch 15
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 25

Footnotes:

[1] Canada Goose-- pair next to pond at Thetis
Road
[2] Brant-- flocks widely scattered around point and into Lummi Bay
[3] Gadwall-- 2 pairs
[4] N. Shoveller-- 4 on ocean among diving ducks and Brant
[5] Harlequin Duck-- 2 pairs
[6] Hooded Merganser-- 1f in pond N of Thetis Road
[7] Horned Grebe-- many in transition from winter to breeding plumage
[8] Bald Eagle-- 2 imm.; scared many Brant into
flight
[9] Dunlin-- flock flew NW out of Lummi Bay
[10] Pigeon Guillemot-- all in breeding plumage, near marina entrance
[11] Golden-c. Kinglet-- heard calling in small pines along
Saltspring Drive
[12] Yellow-r. Warbler-- heard singing just N of
Stuart Circle
[13] Snow Bunting-- 1f, among beach logs near marina entrance

Total number of species seen: 45