[obol] Beached White Fulmars in Lincoln Co. during 2003-Nov. 2007

[Alan Contreras]

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Alan Contreras
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> From: Range Bayer <rbayer at orednet.org>
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:30:23 -0800 (PST)
> To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Cc: Bob Loeffel <spoon101 at juno.com>, Laimons Osis <laimons at peak.org>
> Subject: [obol] Beached White Fulmars in Lincoln Co. during 2003-Nov. 2007
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    Bob Loeffel and his team of observers have been doing approximately
> weekly beach surveys along 4.6 miles of beach north of Ona Beach State
> Park, Lincoln County.
> 
>    Bob notes that the percentage of beached white fulmars has increased
> since 2003 on this beach.  Bob's tabulation:
> 
>         Total
>         Beached   %
> Year    Fulmars  White
> 2003    275        5
> 2004     61        7
> 2005    206       11
> 2006     37       20
> 2007*   202*      35* (Of 146 fulmars in Nov. 2007, 44% were white.)
> 
> *  2007 is incomplete and is for January-November 2007.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
> Range Bayer, Newport
> 
> 
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