The last four days at Point Wilson had clear skies until Monday afternoon then rain. The first two days Friday and Saturday saw wind up to 29 mph and cold temperatures in the high 30's to low 40's. On Sunday eight Orca passed through Admiralty Inlet.
The numbers below reflect the four day's individual species count divided by four to show an average. When only a single individual of a species of bird was seen during the four days it is noted by a asterisk (*)
A total of 18.5 hours was spent on this count in four days of observation by me.

Black Brant 14
Harlequin Duck 10.25
Surf Scoter 17.25
White-winged Scoter 6
Bufflehead 14.75
Common Goldeneye 1.25
Red-breasted Merganser 31.5
Red-necked Grebe 1.5
Red-throated Loon 1.5
Brandt's Cormorant 40
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Pelagic Cormorant 25
Sanderling 48.75
Dunlin 1.25
Mew Gull 38.5
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull 51.75
Glaucous-winged Gull 26.5
Common Murre 619.75
Pigeon Guillemot 50.25
Maebled Murrelet 149
Rhinocerous Auklet 158
Song Sparrow 1.75
*Peregrine Falcon 1
Bald Eagle 0.5
Pacific Loon 25
Common Mergancer 4.25
*Western Grebe 1
Black-bellied Plover 17.25
Common Loon 0.5
Ancient Murrelet 2.25
*Western Gull 1
* Common Raven 1
*Northern Flicker 1

Do you want to see Marbled Murrelets in numbers? Then come to Point Wilson soon.
Robert Whitney
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