Hi Tweeters,
That was me. Dave and Sherry Hayden were there as well. I actually stopped
counting when I reached 500; I believe that there were more. Absolutely
wonderful to see so many Marbled Murrelets.
Lonnie Somer
Seattle
On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 4:58 PM Steve Hampton <
stevechampton at gmail.com>
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This afternoon there were at least 400 MARBLED MURRELETS on the water
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north of Marrowstone Island, roughly between Flagler Campground and
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Marrowtone Pt, up around the Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry route. Another
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birder counted over 500. It was quite astounding.
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This is consistent with my observation the other day of 5 MAMU/minute
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passing southbound past Pt Wilson for at least 30 minutes (and probably for
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a lot longer).
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I assume this concentration would include birds from Vancouver Island as
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well as Washington.
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good birding,
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--
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Steve Hampton
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Port Townsend, WA (qatáy)
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