[Tweeters] Presentation by Dennis Paulson in Port Townsend on April 14

[janine at northbeachlandscapes.com]

Dear Tweeters,

No one really needs a reason to visit Port Townsend, but if you are here on Friday, April 14, you can also hear Dennis Paulson speak about the seabirds of Admiralty Inlet. That will definitely make the trip worth your time and trouble!

Sponsored by the Friends of Fort Worden State Park and held at the Fort Worden Commons, the event is from 5:00 to 8:00 on the evening Friday, April 14. It's a bit more than a lecture. The evening is also a celebration of the many accomplishments of the Friends of Fort Worden over its 30 years of incorporation. Dennis's presentation is scheduled to start at 6:30.

Admiralty Inlet, which begins near Point Wilson, serves as the entrance to Puget Sound. It has long been known as a rich area for seabirds. As the current flows in and out through the inlet, it creates upwellings of nutrients and leads to a complex food web of invertebrates and fishes. Birds of all kinds take advantage of this, and Dennis will talk about these birds and what they are doing here.

Area resident Steve Hampton, who monitors the inlet from the Point Wilson Lighthouse area on a regular basis, posted this on Tweeters just a few days ago, on March 22: "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."

This link provides more information about the evening:
https://www.fwfriends.org/new-events/2022/1/15/trail-team-work-party-saturday-jan-15-5th29-59baw-86s2c-fyp95-ss4n8-2crtj-8zjj7-jsdph

Everyone is welcome, and we hope everyone comes. Don't forget to bring your binoculars!

Janine Anderson
Friends of Fort Worden State Park
https://www.fwfriends.org/
jatlmm at msn.com