Delighted to report about 32 Wigeon on Carkeek beach today. Possible Eurasian too but I forgot my glasses so can't be sure!

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> On Sep 16, 2021, at 12:08 PM, tweeters-request at mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:16:35 -0700

> From: Jack Stephens <jstephens62 at comcast.net>

> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] Squeaky seabirds - slight return

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> I have been made aware that murrelets (Ancient and Marbled) also squeak,

> although they are often silent. My number of squeaky sea birds just

> tripled.

>

> On a related but separate note, it seems that the number of wintering

> seabirds is very low this year. Hopefully that will change as the season

> progresses. Is this the experience of others?

>

> Jack Stephens

>

> Edmonds, WA