<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’ve seen those movements a half-dozen times or more in five decades, always estimated in the tens of thousands, could be heading in either direction. When in those numbers, they are always Sooty Shearwaters, which has been called the most abundant bird in the world.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How amazing is it that they come here from New Zealand or other breeding sites thousands of miles to the south in the southern ocean? They come here because our waters are as productive as anywhere in the world and because they can, with their powerful, fast flight and the ability to surf the wind.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson</div><div class="">Seattle<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 15, 2024, at 12:36 AM, Greg via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I certainly observed a similar phenomenon some years back. Was it 2002? Was it near Ocean Shores. Regardless, it seemed almost mysticaI. The stream was literally endless, as I did not wait for the end! I remember counting by 25s (like 1, 2, 3, a hundred, etc.) approximately every second until I bored of it! However, I called them Common<br class="">Murres. You’ve got me wondering now…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greg Pluth</div><div class="">University Place<br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jul 14, 2024, at 10:07 PM, dan&erika via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><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)" class="">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 class=""><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" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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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