I went to Edmonds pier for the third straight day and was lucky today to
see four Ancient Murrelets at about 11:30am. There could have been three
more but they were too far out to make out even at 50x zoom.

I saw the four birds fly in quite close and were mobbed by 8 or so gulls
as soon as they landed. I could easily make out the birds at 20x zoom.


Complete list from ebird

Edmonds Pier, Snohomish, US-WA
Nov 14, 2012 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
16 species (+2 other taxa)

Surf Scoter 26
White-winged Scoter 6
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Horned Grebe 7
Red-necked Grebe 5
Western Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Bald Eagle 1
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Heermann's Gull 2
Mew Gull 3
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull X
gull sp. X
Common Murre 1
Pigeon Guillemot 3
Ancient Murrelet 4
Rhinoceros Auklet 20
Belted Kingfisher 1
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Bellevue, WA
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