[obol] Still NO Steller's Eider at noon today

[DAVID IRONS]

I continued to check vantage points north and south of Bray's Point until 
about noon today.  I ran into Steve Kornfeld and Jim Regali at Bray's Point 
shortly before noon.  They had seen no suspect birds and reported that they 
had talked to Iain Tomlinson and Tim Janzen who had not seen any birds of 
interest either.

During the course of the morning I found a Long-tailed Duck from the Bob 
Creek parking area, immediately n. of Bray's Point.  I also saw Rhinoceros 
Auklets from the Strawberry Hill viewpoint and from Toketee-Klootchman 
Wayside a few miles s. of Bray's Point.  There were at least a dozen 
Harlequin Ducks at Toketee-Klootchman and more scoters there than any of the 
other sites.  Diligent searching of the scoter flocks produced a surprising 
zero Black Scoters, which have been non-existent along the Lane coast this 
winter.  Marbled Murrelets were seen at nearly every overlook I checked.

Dave Irons
Eugene, OR