12-16-08, time 1000-1530, tide outgoing then incoming, seas 2 foot swell,
wind variable to 10 mph, clear skies, temp. low of 29 degrees high of 34
degrees

Yellow-bill Loon 1

Common Loon 2

Pacific Loon 18

Red-throated Loon 7

Horned Grebe 2

Red-necked Grebe 1

Double-crested Cormorant 18

Pelagic Cormorant 15

Brandt's Cormorant 9

Common Murre 56

Pigeon Guillemot 24

Rhinoceros Auklet 2

Ancient Murrelet 250+

Marbled Murrelet 25

Glaucous-winged Gull 16

Glaucous-winged Gull Hybrid 21

Mew Gull 17

Black Brant 6

Surf Scoter 11

White-winged Scoter 15

Harlequin Duck 14

Long-tailed Duck 2

Bufflehead 7

Common Goldeneye 5

Red-breasted Merganser 19

Black Oystercatcher 1

Sanderling 12

Dunlin 1

Killdeer 6

Northern Harrier 1

Bald Eagle 3

Song Sparrow 2

I watched the YbL from about 1300 until I left at 1530. The YbL came as
close as 70 yards from my location. One other birder also watched the Ybl
for several hours.



Bob Whitney

Port Townsend, WA

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