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

Date: March 26, 2007
Location: Point Roberts, Whatcom County, Washington

Low temperature: 8 degrees celsius High temperature: 11 degrees celsius
Wind direction: NW
Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were recorded by Wayne Weber at Point
Roberts, Washington between 1:00 and 6:00 PM on March 26,
2007. Although the NW to WNW winds were quite strong
on the west side of the point, raising whitecaps and making it
difficult to observe birds on the water, the wind was
barely perceptible on the east side of the point.

Areas visited included Lily Point, Pauls Road, Lighthouse
Marine Park, Edwards Drive, and the marina.

A single HARBOR SEAL was seen off Lighthouse Marine Park.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose 3 [1]
Brant 6 [2]
Gadwall 4 [3]
American Wigeon 25 [4]
Mallard 7
Lesser Scaup 10 [5]
Harlequin Duck 10
Surf Scoter 250 [6]
White-winged Scoter 250 [7]
Black Scoter 6 [8]
Long-tailed Duck 40
Bufflehead 15
Common Goldeneye 25
Barrow's Goldeneye 2 [9]
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Pacific Loon 10 [10]
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 20
Red-necked Grebe 2 [11]
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Pelagic Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Bald Eagle 6 [12]
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Virginia Rail 1 [13]
Killdeer 2
Black Oystercatcher 2 [14]
Common Snipe 1 [15]
Mew Gull 4
Glaucous-winged Gull 200
Common Murre 2
Rock Dove 20
Rufous Hummingbird 2 [16]
Belted Kingfisher 1 [17]
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Hutton's Vireo 1 [18]
Northwestern Crow 25
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Bushtit 1
Bewick's Wren 2
Winter Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 40
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 [19]
Spotted Towhee 3
Song Sparrow 10
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brewer's Blackbird 12
Purple Finch 1 [20]
House Finch 6
Pine Siskin 5
House Sparrow 8

Footnotes:

[1] Canada Geese-- on lawn at marina
[2] Brant-- on water off Lighthouse Marine
Park
[3] Gadwall-- Edwards Drive pond
[4] Am. Wigeon-- Edwards Drive pond
[5] Lesser Scaup-- Edwards Drive pond
[6] Surf Scoter-- most in Boundary Bay off Cedar Point Drive
[7] White-winged Scoter-- most in Boundary Bay off Cedar Point Drive
[8] Black Scoter-- off Lily Point
[9] Barrow's Goldeneye-- pair in Edwards Drive pond
[10] Pacific Loon-- small flock of Lighthouse Marine Park
[11] Red-n. Grebe-- off Cedar Point Drive
[12] Bald Eagle-- included pair of adults on nest along Simundson
Dr. near marina
[13] Virginia Rail-- heard in swampy area along
Calhoun Drive
[14] Black Oystercatcher-- 2 on beach just E of
marina
[15] Wilson's Snipe-- pond on Edwards Drive
[16] Rufous Hummingbird-- male on wires along Pauls Road, female
near Lily Point
[17] Belted Kingfisher-- at end of Pauls Road
[18] Hutton's Vireo-- near cemetery on APA Road
[19] Yellow-rumped Warblers-- 5 singing at Pauls
Road, Lily Point, Cedar Point Drive
[20] Purple Finch-- singing along Boundary Bay Road near Moose Trail

Total number of species seen: 60


Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
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