On 1.11.2009 we observed a single pigeon guillemot (PIGU) in breeding
plumage off of Pt. Wilson, Port Townsend. We thought it a bit early, too,
but maybe they know something we don't! PIGU's in full breeding plumage
begin showing up in numbers at Protection Island NWR, where I do my
research on PIGU's, in early April.
Lee Robinson


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> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:40:43 -0800
> From: "M&M Kirschner" <mnmkirschner at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Pigeon Guillemot plumage question
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> Tweeters,
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> Today while walking along the Seattle waterfront near Pier 66 I noticed a
> winter plumage Pigeon Guillemot in the marina area. While I was watching
it
> dive and surface I noticed a second Pigeon Guillemot further out, about
> where the entrance to the protected marina is. This bird was in full
> breeding plumage. I thought this was odd. When I looked in Sibley upon
> returning home I saw that the breeding plumage is noted as starting in
> March.
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> Has anyone noted Pigeon Guillemots in breeding plumage this early before?
>
> Maurie Kirschner (Seattle)
> mnmkirschner at gmail dot com
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