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Location Race Point
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Owner Blair Nikula

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Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  3
  • Distance:  1.5 mi

Checklist Comments

Partly Cloudy; W@10-15mph, increasing to 10-20mph; Visibility good; Seas moderate; Tide near high rising to half falling. Drove the outer beach to west of the cove area w/P.Flood and A.O'Neill and spent the entire time there. Another morning with almost non-stop action, especially for the first hour or so. Tough morning for counting, as there were birds moving in both directions as well as considerable foraging activity (much of it very close to shore), so most of the larger totals are rough estimates. Also, I spent almost no time looking at the more distant birds, which were numerous at times.
A rare and late Scopoli's Shearwater was a highlight, as was a movement of POJA apparently exiting the bay, mostly mid morning. However, not a single PAJA seen (or at least identified), and only one tern. COSH and GRSH were numerous, some very close to shore, but MASH continue to be unusually scarce for the date and location.

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Totals

35
Species Observed
+6 other taxa, 5,972 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Wood Duck

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    One solitary pair, and one female in a scoter flock.

  2. American Black Duck

    Number observed:  4

  3. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  51

    Details

    ^ High count for this site; all westbound

  4. Greater/Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  2

  5. Common Eider

    Number observed:  250

  6. Harlequin Duck

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    ^ Eastbound male; photos by Flood; FOS.

  7. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  550

    Details

    ^ All westbound

  8. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  1100

    Details

    ^ All westbound

  9. Black Scoter

    Number observed:  570

    Details

    ^ All westbound

  10. Surf/Black Scoter

    Number observed:  150

  11. scoter sp.

    Number observed:  100

  12. Long-tailed Duck

    Number observed:  33

    Details

    All westbound

  13. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  650

    Details

    ^ All westbound

  14. Sanderling

    Number observed:  80

  15. Dunlin

    Number observed:  2

  16. White-rumped Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

  17. Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  13

    Details

    ^ All to the west heading NE, apparently exiting the bay, but none close; most photographed by Flood

  18. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    ^ All but one to the west heading NE, apparently exiting the bay, and all distant; most if not all appeared to be POJA (saw nothing that appeared to be PAJA).

  19. Razorbill

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    One eastbound flock early

  20. Common Murre

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    On the water

  21. large alcid sp.

    Number observed:  1

  22. Black-legged Kittiwake

    Number observed:  35

    Details

    All westbound adults, mostly early

  23. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  45

    Details

    All drifting westbound, mostly early

  24. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  160

    Details

    Steady westbound trickle all morning; maybe an undercount.

  25. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  35

  26. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  100

    Details

    Z

  27. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  300

  28. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    2 ad, one near adult (3w?)

  29. Common Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Solitary bird westbound

  30. Red-throated Loon

    Number observed:  28

  31. Pacific Loon

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    ^ One eastbound bird still in partial breeding plumage, subsequently seen on the water later in the morning; one basic plumaged bird on the water; photos

  32. Common Loon

    Number observed:  15

  33. Cory's Shearwater

    Number observed:  400

    Details

    ^ Very rough count, as there were birds moving in both directions, many distant and many close to shore, including some foraging among small gulls just off the beach.

  34. Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    ^ One bird seen (and photographed) repeatedly over 15+ minutes early, very close to shore at times; rare here and presumably a late date for the state.

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  35. Great Shearwater

    Number observed:  300

    Details

    ^ Very rough estimate, as birds were moving in both directions, many distant, but many close to shore as well.

  36. Cory's/Scopoli's/Great Shearwater

    Number observed:  300

    Details

    Distant birds.

  37. Manx Shearwater

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Scarce once again (where are they?)

  38. Northern Gannet

    Number observed:  600

    Details

    ^ Rough count, as birds were moving in both directions, some distant, some close to shore; a dense foraging aggregation over the rip to the west for much of the morning.

  39. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  40

  40. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  15

  41. American Pipit

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    AO only

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