[Tweeters] Seabird numbers

[Steve Hampton]

I can report that, daily, several thousand Rhinoceros Auklets round Pt
Wilson and forage between Port Townsend, Marrowstone, and Whidbey. These
all come from the large colony at Protection Island. A scope is usually
best - and the number fluctuate daily depending on where they are feeding.

Small numbers of Marbled Murrelets and Common Murres are sometimes with
them, as well as the occasional very rare Tufted Puffin. And the local
Pigeon Guillemots are usually around somewhere, often near shore.

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 2:08 PM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Laurel, this is not the time of year for seabirds, except right around

> their breeding colonies, and there aren’t that many species breeding in the

> Salish Sea, only one gull species, two alcids and three cormorants (one of

> which is very local). Only a couple of additional species breed on the

> outer coast.

>

> But indeed I think that many, if not most, seabirds are declining in this

> region. To me it is most evident in the number of wintering birds,

> September to May. The Puget Sound Seabird Survey should have some

> quantification of this.

>

> Dennis Paulson

> Seattle

>

> > On Jun 29, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Laurel Talbot <laurelrtalbot at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> >

> > I have been birding in a few areas in the last month and seeing

> significantly fewer seabirds than in year’s past. Areas include Rialto

> Beach, Puget Sound near Seattle/Everett and the San Juan Islands. Any info

> on current population counts or related info appreciated. Seeing some but

> fewer Rhino Auklets, fewer PIGU, even fewer gull species, etc.

> >

> > Sent from my iPhone

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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