[Tweeters] Redhead and alcid report from Port Townsend

[Steve Hampton]

Yesterday there was a male Redhead in Hastings Pond, a small golf
course pond at F and San Juan, representing a 5th county record on eBird
(4th if you consider it the same individual as one nearby last month).
Full list and pics: https://ebird.org/checklist/S131456914

Seawatches from Pt Wilson have yielded some large Marbled Murrelet
movements on some days, though these are erratic and unpredictable. I
counted 300 birds in 30 minutes, nearly all in pairs, flying southbound a
few mornings ago. Hundreds to thousands of Rhinoceros Auklets, no doubt
from the Protection Island colony, are southbound every morning and
northbound every afternoon. They often feed in the ferry land region
between Pt. Wilson and Marrowstone Pt. Murres are with them but their
numbers are decreasing daily now. A scope is needed for Pt Wilson
seawatches.
Here's my full list from the big MAMU morning:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S131294005


good birding,

-- 
Steve Hampton
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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