<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Erika and I celebrated an anniversary on 17 June 2002 at the <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">Quinault Beach Resort and Casino north of Ocean Shores. It was windy and rainy, but we were comfortable on our upper story balcony. There was a large low pressure cell offshore. We saw thousands of shearwaters and one Laysan Albatross. All flew south, just off shore. Dan Tallman</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM Steve Noseworthy via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I witnessed the most incredible amount of shearwaters flying by Klipsan beach at about 5 - 5:30 this evening. They streamed by continuously for at least half an hour. I estimate in the 10’s of thousands. Not very far out, just beyond the waves breaking. They seemed long on the wing and sleek. Probably Sooty. Anybody else experience this? Any thoughts?
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dan or Erika Tallman<br>Olympia, Washington <br><a href="mailto:danerika@gmail.com" target="_blank">danerika@gmail.com</a><br><br>".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau</div></div></div></div>