[obol] 13 Harlequins?! WAS Tufted Puffins on Haystack Rock

[Mike Patterson]

No, this is typical for Haystack Rock.  Most are non-breeding males.

Marcia Marvin wrote:
> 
> OBOL -
> 
> Isn't thirteen Harlequin Ducks a high number?  I've never seen more
> than a few at a time - but farther south, at Seal Rock.
> 
> Marcia
> 
> --
> Subject: Tufted Puffins on Haystack Rock
> From: "Stefan Schlick" <greenfant AT hotmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:08:40 -0400
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 13 Harlequin Ducks were at the base of the rock. There wasn't a single
> shorebird around the area.
> 
> Stefan Schlick
> Hillsboro, OR
> 
> "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed
> of in your philosophy"
> 


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Mike Patterson               
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