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Location Sooke--Otter Point
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Owner Thompson Hyggen

Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  11

Checklist Comments

Seawatch. Calm, mostly overcast, good visibility on water. Awesome shearwater activity. Marine mammals: 4 Orca (Killer Whales), 6 Harbour Porpoises, ~25 Steller's Sea-Lions, ~25 California Sea-Lions, 1 Harbour Seal.

Totals

59
Species Observed
+4 other taxa
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Cackling Goose

    Number observed:  67

    Details

    E

  2. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    E

  3. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    E

  4. American Wigeon

    Number observed:  64

    Details

    E

  5. Mallard

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    E

  6. Northern Pintail

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    E

  7. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  78

    Details

    E

  8. Greater Scaup

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    E

  9. Harlequin Duck

    Number observed:  3

  10. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  247

    Details

    Mostly E, some W

  11. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  32

    Details

    Mostly E, some W

  12. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    E

  13. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  3

  14. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  1

  15. Killdeer

    Number observed:  1

  16. Dunlin

    Number observed:  1

  17. Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Large, bulky, barrel-chested jaegers with very dark mantle, contrasting bold white patches in primaries, and direct, powerful flight. Both eastbound, harassing gulls and shearwaters en route.

  18. jaeger sp.

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    E, distant

  19. Rhinoceros Auklet

    Number observed:  75

  20. Marbled Murrelet

    Number observed:  3

  21. Pigeon Guillemot

    Number observed:  6

  22. Common Murre

    Number observed:  1500

  23. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  13

    Details

    E

  24. Heermann's Gull

    Number observed:  25

  25. Short-billed Gull

    Number observed:  45

  26. California Gull

    Number observed:  1300

  27. Glaucous-winged Gull

    Number observed:  350

  28. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

    Number observed:  X

  29. Iceland Gull

    Number observed:  7

  30. gull sp.

    Number observed:  X

  31. Horned Grebe

    Number observed:  4

  32. Red-necked Grebe

    Number observed:  9

  33. Western Grebe

    Number observed:  1

  34. Red-throated Loon

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    E

  35. Pacific Loon

    Number observed:  19

  36. Common Loon

    Number observed:  5

  37. Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  2500

    Details

    Amazing spectacle of Short-tailed Shearwaters (and a few Sooty) with all birds in this count of 2,500 observed between 500m and 1.5km offshore. Several hundred at times on the water, forming shearwater only feeding frenzies. All field marks observed to separate from Sooty.

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  38. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

    Number observed:  1000

    Details

    More distant flocks, mostly eastbound.

  39. Brandt's Cormorant

    Number observed:  32

  40. Pelagic Cormorant

    Number observed:  26

  41. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  1

  42. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  5

  43. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

  44. Red-breasted Sapsucker

    Number observed:  1

  45. Northern Flicker

    Number observed:  1

  46. Common Raven

    Number observed:  1

  47. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Number observed:  5

  48. Violet-green Swallow

    Number observed:  1

  49. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  8

  50. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

  51. Pacific Wren

    Number observed:  2

  52. Bewick's Wren

    Number observed:  1

  53. European Starling

    Number observed:  1

  54. Swainson's Thrush

    Number observed:  1

  55. American Robin

    Number observed:  6

  56. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  7

  57. American Pipit

    Number observed:  2

  58. Red Crossbill

    Number observed:  10

  59. Fox Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  60. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  61. Spotted Towhee

    Number observed:  1

  62. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  2

  63. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Number observed:  1

Additional species seen by JP Giroux:

  1. Red-necked Phalarope

    Number observed: 11

  2. Western Sandpiper

    Number observed: 2

  3. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed: 2

  4. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed: 1

  5. Sooty Shearwater

    Number observed: 13

Additional species seen by Geoffrey Newell:

  1. Red-necked Phalarope

    Number observed: 11

  2. Western Sandpiper

    Number observed: 2

  3. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed: 2

  4. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed: 1

  5. Sooty Shearwater

    Number observed: 13

Additional species seen by David Newell:

  1. Red-necked Phalarope

    Number observed: 11

  2. Western Sandpiper

    Number observed: 2

  3. Parasitic Jaeger

    Number observed: 2

  4. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed: 1

  5. Sooty Shearwater

    Number observed: 13
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