N48*08.648'

W122*45.262'

2-23-09 time 1230~1430, tide incoming to high, seas calm, wind 2~5 mph,
cloudy skies, temp 51 degrees

Many species were once again feeding on large schools of forage fish from
200 to 300 meters of the point for 1 hour and thirty minutes. The birds
would rush from one upwelling of the forage fish to the other. The
Rhinoceros Auklet numbers were over 472, I stopped counting them at that
point and watched the yellow-billed Loon for over an hour feed and preen
during the slack tide.

Pacific Loon 17

Yellow-billed Loon 1

Red-throated Loon 2

Red-necked Grebe 6

Western Grebe 2

Horned Grebe 2

Pelagic Cormorant 14

Double-crested Cormorant 23

Brandt's Cormorant 8

Common Murre 25

Pigeon Guillemot 32

Marbled Murrelet 17

Rhinoceros Auklet 472+

Glaucous-winged Gull Hybrid 47

Glaucous-winged Gull 15

Mew Gull 59

Black Brant 9

Surf Scoter 8

Black Scoter 2

Harlequin Duck 5

Bufflehead 4

Common Goldeneye 3

Red-breasted Merganser 27

Sanderling 18

Bald Eagle1

Northern Harrier 1(female)

Song Sparrow 2

American Crow 23



Bob Whitney

Port Townsend, WA

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