Subject: [Tweeters]Bellingham map
Date: Apr 18 23:47:39 2008
From: vogelfreund at comcast.net - vogelfreund at comcast.net


That's a great map showing local birding spots (in green, mostly).

Phil Hotlen
Bellinghham, WA
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrea Wuenschel <chyroptera at yahoo.com>
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> While visiting Bellingham with a friend on April 16th,
> we saw a huge number of Surf Scoters from Zuanich
> Point Park in Squalicum Harbor.
> http://www.cob.org/documents/gis/maps/2005-07-07-parks-neighborhood-map.pdf
>
> By my estimate, there were at least 800 Surf Scoters a
> little offshore--they were bunched into several large
> rafts, and as far as I could tell with my 8x42
> binoculars, they were mostly males. Never seen so
> many in one place before!
>
> Also in the harbor:
> 3 Common Loons (1 in winter plumage, 2 in breeding
> plumage)
> 2 Red-necked Grebes
> 3 Western Grebes
> 2 Double-crested Cormorants
> 1 imm. male Common Goldeneye
> 1 adult Bald Eagle
>
> Andrea Wuenschel
> North Seattle
>
>
>
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