[Tweeters] hundreds of Marbled Murrelets on the water off Marrowstone

[Lonnie Somer]

Hi Tweeters,

That was me. Dave and Sherry Hayden were there as well.  I actually stopped
counting when I reached 500; I believe that there were more.  Absolutely
wonderful to see so many  Marbled Murrelets.

Lonnie Somer
Seattle


On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 4:58 PM Steve Hampton <stevechampton at gmail.com>
wrote:


> This afternoon there were at least 400 MARBLED MURRELETS on the water

> north of Marrowstone Island, roughly between Flagler Campground and

> Marrowtone Pt, up around the Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry route. Another

> birder counted over 500. It was quite astounding.

>

> This is consistent with my observation the other day of 5 MAMU/minute

> passing southbound past Pt Wilson for at least 30 minutes (and probably for

> a lot longer).

>

> I assume this concentration would include birds from Vancouver Island as

> well as Washington.

>

> good birding,

>

> --

> Steve Hampton

> Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)

>

>

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