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<DIV>Last Wednesday, 18 birders from Kelowna, Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland,
Illinois, Ohio, Oregon and Washington, joined us on a very memorable trip.
However, the start of our voyage was met with one of the few rain days of the
summer. Fortunately, after 1-2 hours the rain stopped and we had good weather
the rest of the day. During this period, we studied many Sooty Shearwaters and
Common Murres to compare with other shearwaters and alcids that we would see. A
lone Belted Kingfisher zipped by heading in the wrong direction and was added to
several birders offshore lists. A flyby Tufted Puffin was perhaps the highlight
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<DIV>Luckily, we found shrimp boats about 2 and a half hours in. Hundreds of
seabirds greeted us including our first Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar,
Short-tailed and Pink-footed Shearwaters, Fork-tailed Storm Petrels, Sabine’s
Gull and 2 Flesh-footed Shearwaters (which was the highlight for many). </DIV>
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<DIV>Continuing on to deeper water out to Grays Canyon, we encountered Pomarine
and Parasitic Jaegers, Red and Red-necked Phalaropes and a few Cassin’s Auklets.
At the chum site, we had great views of Long-tailed Jaegers, our first of the
year Arctic Terns, more Sabine’s Gulls and lots of Black-footed Albatross close
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<DIV>Heading back in the afternoon, we had several bow riding Dall’s Porpoise,
sightings of Pacific White-sided Dolphins and the highlight for many, three
Orca. One close male and female were photographed by many. Scott Mills sent his
photos to Transient Killer Whale Research and got results within a day or two.
These matched the same transient Killer Whales that we had recorded on Sept. 13,
2020 near the same area!! </DIV>
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<DIV>Coming back into the harbor, we check for shorebirds along the Westport
jetty, which yielded 2 Ruddy Turnstones and 1 Wandering Tattler. In the marina
area, we had a few Marbled Godwits and some Harbor Seals.</DIV>
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<DIV>Some of the recorded species and numbers: Black-footed Albatross-87,
Northern Fulmar-13, Pink-footed Shearwater-2097, Flesh-footed Shearwater-2,
Sooty Shearwater-1935, Short-tailed Shearwater-82, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel-463,
Red-necked Phalarope-45, Red Phalarope-70, South Polar Skua-6, Pomarine
Jaeger-2, Parasitic Jaeger-1, Long-tailed Jaeger-5 (all males), Common
Murre-574, Cassin’s Auklet-18, Tufted Puffin-2, Sabine’s Gull-11, Arctic
Tern-11. </DIV>
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<DIV>For a complete list and for any other information about our pelagic trips,
please visit this website, <A
href="http://www.westportseabirds.com">www.westportseabirds.com</A></DIV>
<DIV>Thank you to all the birders from near and far, for a very successful
outing!</DIV>
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<DIV>Spotters were: Scott Mills, Bill Shelmerdine and myself. Boat personnel
were Phil and Chris Anderson. </DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce LaBar</DIV>
<DIV>Tacoma, WA<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>A</DIV>
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