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<DIV>Eighteen birders, including a group from Vancouver Audubon, led by Randy
Hill and Cindy McCormack, met us on board the Monte Carlo at 0600. </DIV>
<DIV>After instructions, we headed out into a foggy morning. The bar between
Ocean Shores and Westport jetties was choppy, which made sighting birds
difficult. </DIV>
<DIV>Continuing for the next hour the wind scale was around 4 with fog still
around. Finally, around 0800 the wind and fog settled and visibility was
restored! </DIV>
<DIV>We headed for several shrimp boats a little north. The boats had lots of
birds around them including Albatross, Shearwaters, a few storm-petrels,
jaegers, and Sabine’s Gulls. </DIV>
<DIV>The amazing absence of juvenile California Gulls has been noted on most of
our late summer trips. They are often are most numerous species around the
fishing boats. </DIV>
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<DIV>Our chum site in deeper water was not that productive because of lack of
wind, with only a few Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels. </DIV>
<DIV>So we headed back towards the shrimp boats, which had the most birds.
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<DIV>After a very productive visit we experienced a surprising southeast wind
that increased to a wind scale of 5 with spray which made for a unpleasant trip
back. </DIV>
<DIV>However, by that time, we had seen most of the seabirds that were
wanted. </DIV>
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<DIV>The highlights include: LAYSAN ALBATROSS-1(same banded bird from Mexico
that we had seen in a previous week). </DIV>
<DIV>It came to the back of the boat and hung around for everyone to get
excellent photos. BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS-30, PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER-6177! (one
of our highest numbers) </DIV>
<DIV>BULLER’S SHEARWATER-14, SOOTY SHEARWATER-7066, SHORT-TAILED
SHEARWATER-316(continuing big numbers throughout the summer), </DIV>
<DIV>FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL-10, RED PHALAROPE-8, TUFTED PUFFIN-2, SABINE’S
GULL-206(great number),</DIV>
<DIV>and the jaeger/skua slam that included SOUTH POLAR SKUA-1, POMARINE
JAEGER-11, PARASITIC JAEGER-5 and LONG-TAILED JAEGER-3. </DIV>
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<DIV>In the marina we found the MARBLED GODWIT flock which numbered around
1,000. </DIV>
<DIV>We couldn’t pull out the Bar-tailed Godwit, which has been with them for
several weeks. </DIV>
<DIV>We did however, have 2 Willets and 3 Whimbrel.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mammal highlights: Humpback Whale-2, Northern Fur Seal-1 and Guadalupe Fur
Seal-1</DIV>
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<DIV>For the complete list of all the birds and numbers on our trip, check our
website at <A
href="http://www.westportseabirds.com">www.westportseabirds.com</A>. Many thanks
to all who made this trip so successful. </DIV>
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<DIV>Spotters: Scott Mills, Bill Tweit and myself. Boat Captain-Phil Anderson
and First Mate-Chris Anderson. </DIV>
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<DIV>All our remaining trips are full; if you’re interested in getting on a
waiting list, please check our website for contact information. </DIV>
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<DIV>On behalf of Westport Seabirds,</DIV>
<DIV>Bruce LaBar </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>