eBird Canada Checklist S120821277

Observations

1. Snow Goose

   Number observed:  11

   Details

   5, 1 with 56 flock of CACG, 3, 2 with 1 CACG - all eastbound

2. Greater White-fronted Goose

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   East

3. Cackling Goose

   Number observed:  887

   Details

   165, 65, 205, 56, 32, 30, 140, 39, 1, 51, 13, 65, 1, 4, 20 - mostly looked like minima with ~5 taverneri in one of the close flocks and maybe a few aleutian(?) - all eastbound, mostly overhead or within 1km of shore

4. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  10

   Details

   2, 7, 1 east

5. Blue-winged Teal

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   Pair eastbound with amwi/nopi flock 0811

6. Northern Shoveler

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   East

7. Eurasian Wigeon

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Male on water with susc flock and fem amwi

8. American Wigeon

   Number observed:  26

   Details

   East, small groups

9. Mallard

   Number observed:  7

   Details

   1,6 east

10. Northern Pintail

    Number observed:  37

    Details

    East, small groups and mixed with other dabblers

11. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    East mixed with dabblers/murres - one flying with a MAMU

12. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  4000

    Details

    30-120/ min passing westbound 0735-0845, trickle after that, average ~50/min for this time plus ~500 stragglers to reach final estimate. Huge flock off muir creek by the end of the morning

13. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  94

    Details

    Mostly west with SUSC, probably missed a bunch

14. Long-tailed Duck

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    2 males east together late morning

15. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    East

16. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    2,2 east

17. Sooty Grouse

    Number observed:  1

18. Eurasian Collared-Dove

    Number observed:  1

    Exotic: Naturalized

19. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  3

20. Black Oystercatcher

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    West

21. Rhinoceros Auklet

    Number observed:  247

    Details

    Count, almost all eastbound with murres. Likely missed a bunch in the initial chaos

22. Marbled Murrelet

    Number observed:  42

    Details

    All east

23. Pigeon Guillemot

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    East

24. Common Murre

    Number observed:  13500

    Details

    Up to 250/min going east first thing, trailing off through the first 1.5h then steady about 20-30/min after that for the rest of the time.
    1 min counts 179 (0745), 134 (0800), 103 (0820), 35 (0840), 52 (0900), 29 (0920)
    
    Average ~60/min for the entire count using these numbers

25. Ancient Murrelet

    Number observed:  81

    Details

    All east, largest group 8

26. Black-legged Kittiwake

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Juv east 1100 - bold black M pattern, dark collar, boomerang wings, black tip on tail

27. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  78

    Details

    East, several flocks late morning

28. Heermann's Gull

    Number observed:  50

    Details

    Estimate

29. Short-billed Gull

    Number observed:  800

    Details

    Estimate

30. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    1cy westbound 1030

31. Western Gull

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    1cy

32. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Adult, possibly 2

33. California Gull

    Number observed:  400

    Details

    Estimate

34. Glaucous-winged Gull

    Number observed:  750

    Details

    Estimate

35. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  50

    Details

    Estimate

36. American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Min 2

37. Iceland Gull (Thayer's)

    Number observed:  150

    Details

    Estimate

38. gull sp.

    Number observed:  5000

    Details

    Estimate, possibly more. Constant flow of gulls all morning, some feeding frenzies of 500+

39. Horned Grebe

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    West

40. Red-necked Grebe

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    Mostly stationary

41. Western Grebe

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    2,5 stationary

42. Red-throated Loon

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    All east

43. Pacific Loon

    Number observed:  103

    Details

    Mostly east, a few stationary

44. Common Loon

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    East

45. Sooty Shearwater

    Number observed:  19

    Details

    All in a loose line eastbound 1059-1110

46. Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    East close 0824, 0849,1105 - compact, quick flaps, uniform underwing, close enough to see darker "hood" and pale chin/throat

47. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    7 first thing in poor light, 1 distant at 1027, likely all STTS based on flight style/general impression of shape

48. Brandt's Cormorant

    Number observed:  38

    Details

    East

49. Pelagic Cormorant

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    East

50. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    West

51. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  1

52. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    East

53. Red-breasted Sapsucker

    Number observed:  1

54. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

    Number observed:  1

55. American Crow

    Number observed:  2

56. Common Raven

    Number observed:  4

57. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Number observed:  8

58. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    East, overhead

59. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  3

60. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  8

61. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  2

62. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

63. Pacific Wren

    Number observed:  5

64. European Starling

    Number observed:  10

    Exotic: Naturalized

65. American Robin

    Number observed:  3

66. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  2

67. American Pipit

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    East, overhead

68. House Finch

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    East, overhead

69. Purple Finch (Western)

    Number observed:  1

70. Red Crossbill (Western Hemlock or type 3)

    Number observed:  6

71. Pine Siskin

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    East, overhead

72. Fox Sparrow (Sooty)

    Number observed:  3

73. Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

    Number observed:  10

74. Golden-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

75. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

76. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  5

77. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

78. Spotted Towhee

    Number observed:  2

79. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  4

80. Orange-crowned Warbler

    Number observed:  1

81. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  2

82. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)

    Number observed:  1

83. Townsend's Warbler

    Number observed:  1