Monday, December 12, 2011

To Douglas Island and Back







Today we rowed our little boat from Moorecroft Regional Park, out to Douglas Island, and back via Gerald Island. Birds seen in the four hours of absolutely beautiful rowing weather were;
Harlequin Duck: 23
Surf Scoter: 4
White-winged Scoter: 1
Long-tailed Duck: 6
Bufflehead: 22
Barrow's Goldeneye: 6
Common Merganser: 17
Red-breasted Merganser: 6
Pacific Loon: 462
Common Loon: 11
Horned Gerebe: 6
Red-necked Grebe: 10
Western Grebe: 22
Brandt's Cormorant: 7
Double-crested Cormorant: 9
Pelagic Cormorant: 13
Great Blue Heron: 2
Bald Eagle: 12
Black Oystercatcher: 1
Mew Gull: 166
California Gull: 4
Herring Gull: 3
Thayer's Gull: 102
Glaucous-winged Gull: 87
Common Murre: 372
Marbled Murrelet: 41
Ancient Murrelet: 3
Snowy Owl: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1
Northern Flicker: 1
American Robin: 1
Song Sparrow: 5

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