Hi Bob,

Yes, that was my mistake when I wrote the e-mail - it was NNE. We recorded
the GPS position after following the bird east for a few minutes. I don't
know how far west we were when we first spotted it, but given that we were
traveling from Smith Island to Protection Island, I don't think we were over
the county line. Sorry.

Have you spoken to the folks doing at-sea surveys for Marbled Murrelets? I
thought that they had seen a couple of Manx this year, but I don't know if
any have been in Clallam County.

-Michael

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Bob and Barb Boekelheide <
bboek at olympus.net> wrote:

> Hello, Michael,
>
> Thanks very much for the Manx Shearwater report. I checked the the
> position you give, and it appears to be NNE of Protection Island, not NNW.
> If it is 4 mi. NNE of Protection Island it would be in Jefferson County,
> but if it was 4 mi. NNW of Protection Island it would be in Clallam County.
>
>
> The reason I ask -- I'm keeping the Clallam County list for the year, and
> no Manx have been reported from the outer coast just yet, so we'd love to
> add yours.
>
> We'll be looking.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob Boekelheide
> Sequim
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Michael Schrimpf <schrimpf at u.washington.edu>
> *Date: *June 10, 2010 9:12:50 PM PDT
> *To: *tweeters at u.washington.edu
> *Subject: **[Tweeters] Manx Shearwater in eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca*
>
>
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> Sorry I couldn't post this earlier than this evening, but 2 days ago
> (the evening of Tue, Jun 8th), while doing seabird research with WDFW,
> our crew spotted a Manx Shearwater about 4 miles NNW of Protection
> Island, in the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It was seen
> at 7:50 pm, at 48?11.11' N x 122?52.01'W.
>
> We followed it for a while, as it flew east, toward the sound.
>
> Several Manx Shearwaters have been seen along the Washington coast in
> the last few years, but to my knowledge this is the furthest into the
> Strait that one has been spotted.
>
> I don't know what the chances are that it's still in the area, but
> keep your eyes open!
>
> -Michael Schrimpf,
> Seattle
>
>


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Michael Schrimpf
Graduate Student
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
University of Washington
Box 355020
Seattle, WA 98195-5020
Tel: 206-221-6904
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