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Location Sooke--Otter Point
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Owner Rebecca Reader-Lee

Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  8

Checklist Comments

Loose and lazy Seawatch at Otterpoint with friends.
Other species seen: 3 humpback whales, 2 harbour porpoise, plenty of Stellar sea lions, pink salmon, chinook salmon.
These numbers are loose and lazy estimates unless otherwise specified. Cheers

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Totals

44
Species Observed
+10 other taxa, 1,364 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  5

  2. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  15

    Details

    Estimate, mixed in moving flocks

  3. Harlequin Duck

    Number observed:  2

  4. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  5

  5. scoter sp.

    Number observed:  12

  6. Common Merganser (North American)

    Number observed:  35

    Details

    24 flyby +

  7. duck sp.

    Number observed:  5

  8. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  1

  9. Red-necked Phalarope

    Number observed:  32

    Details

    ~25 flew in close at 7:20am. At least 7 other individuals seen far offshore by RRL

  10. Sanderling

    Number observed:  24

  11. Western Sandpiper

    Number observed:  11

  12. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed:  2

  13. jaeger sp.

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Jeez louise

  14. Rhinoceros Auklet

    Number observed:  25

    Details

    Very conservative estimate

  15. Marbled Murrelet

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Offshore flyby, at least 1 individual on water

  16. Pigeon Guillemot

    Number observed:  5

  17. Common Murre

    Number observed:  400

    Details

    Likely more- most sitting on water, some moving east

  18. alcid sp.

    Number observed:  4

  19. Heermann's Gull

    Number observed:  20

    Details

    Estimate, almost all juveniles

  20. Short-billed Gull

    Number observed:  30

  21. California Gull

    Number observed:  100

    Details

    Estimate over total time

  22. Glaucous-winged Gull

    Number observed:  5

  23. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  190

    Details

    Estimate, lowball

  24. Larus sp.

    Number observed:  300

  25. gull sp.

    Number observed:  40

  26. Horned Grebe

    Number observed:  1

  27. Western Grebe

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Scope views

  28. Pacific Loon

    Number observed:  3

  29. loon sp.

    Number observed:  3

  30. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Small light grey storm-petrel skipping along the waves, headed east

  31. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  9

    Details

    Snappy beats on the horizon! Everyone got on at least 1 in the shared scopes for distant views. Experienced among us were certain these were Ardenna sp. but couldn’t definitively say Sooty or Short-tailed for sure. One seen by RRL almost certainly SOSH.

  32. Brandt's Cormorant

    Number observed:  10

  33. Pelagic Cormorant

    Number observed:  2

  34. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  2

  35. cormorant sp.

    Number observed:  5

  36. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

  37. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  38. Hairy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  39. Northern Flicker

    Number observed:  1

  40. Steller's Jay (Coastal)

    Number observed:  2

  41. Common Raven

    Number observed:  1

  42. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Number observed:  12

  43. Barn Swallow (American)

    Number observed:  4

  44. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

  45. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

  46. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  3

  47. European Starling

    Number observed:  1

  48. American Robin

    Number observed:  2

  49. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  3

  50. American Pipit

    Number observed:  4

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  51. Red Crossbill (Western Hemlock or type 3)

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    Recorded by Andrew and Carter

  52. White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)

    Number observed:  2

  53. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  54. Spotted Towhee

    Number observed:  1

Additional species seen by Carter Strope:

  1. Gadwall

    Number observed: 9