Point Wilson
N48*08.642'
W122*45.262'
1-3-11, time 0930~1130, high tide incoming, wind waves 6 inch, swell 1 foot, wind 4 mph, clear skies, 30 degrees

Common Loon 3
Pacific Loon 34
Red-throated Loon 5
Yellow-billed Loon 1
I have not seen a YbL in two months at the point. The bird I saw today and yesterday is most likely the same bird that I have seen at Point Wilson for the last three years. It is now four years that a Ybl has been at Point Wilson that I know of. I looked at my images from the past three years of the YbL at Point Wilson. Comparing the birds markings and small areas of its plumage delineation they are very close to past years images of the YbL during January. I will most likely see the YbL in the same area tomorrow as I saw the YbL twice today once in the am and again in the pm feeding in the same area.
Here is the link to the latest image of the bird. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlw/5321622746/
Pelagic Cormorant 5
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Brandt's Cormorant 29
Pigeon Guillemot 18
Rhinoceros Auklet 3
Marbled Murrelet 68
Common Murre 320 +/-20
Ancient Murrelet 31
With some flocks of 5 to 10 birds moving in and out of Admiralty Inlet. I understand that there are some of you want to see Ancient Murrelet, spend an hour at Point Wilson, between 0830 until 1000 being best.
Glaucous-winged Gull+ hybrid 56
Mew Gull 18
Surf Scoter 11
White-winged Scoter 5
Black Brant 4
Long-tailed Duck 1
Harlequin Duck 7
Bufflehead 9
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 28
Common Merganser 6
Sanderling 3
Northern Flicker 2
Song Sparrow 3
American Crow 4

Haplogroup R1b,M343 (Subclade R1b1b2,M269)

Robert Whitney
rlw at cablespeed.com
www.flickr.com/photos/rlw/