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Erik’s Bird count

Triple Island lighthouse

Monthly count

Mew Gull hanging out in lee of Nereocystis
(Bull kelp)

 

 

For list of birds seen by Erik scroll down

 

 

 

Upper intertidal – nori would be ready to pick in few weeks

 

Date: Feb. 11/07
Time: 1130-1400
Weather: Cldy/15/Ne20/3'mod/LowW
Visibility (distance birds are easily recognized at): 100m (due to sea conditions)

Erik’s count

Survey Equipment: Binoculars

Common name ----near-shore ----off-shore

Bald Eagle -----------9----------------- 0
Alcids, unidentified---- 0 ----------------73
Duck, harlequin --------8----------------- 0
Duck, white-winged scoter 6------------- 0
Duck, black scoter ------19 --------------0
Goose, brant -----------1------------------ 0
Corvid, common raven –1---------------- 0
Sparrow, son g(Alaskan form) 1 ----------0
Falcon, peregrine -----------1 ------------0
Gull, mew ------------------2------------ 0
Gull, unidentified ----------24 -------------0
Cormorant, pelagic --------6--------------- 0
Sandpiper, surfbirds------- 6 ----------------0
Sandpiper, black turnstones 36-------------- 0
Sandpiper, rock -----------2 ------------------0

 

 

Black Scoters w one female

 

 

 

 

 

Created by LG on Feb 14, 2007

Last updated on Wednesday, February 14, 2007