[obol] Cape Arago 11/11

[Russ Namitz]

I used Phil Pickering's "Boiler Bay" posting as a template.  Tubenoses were 
feeding and were flying in both directions.  Some species were only noted as 
present and not counted.


7:15 - 9:45:  overcast turning mostly sunny, wind S 5-20, 10+ ft swells

50+ Red-throated Loons
3000+ Pacific Loons
50+ Common Loons
1 Red-necked Grebes
15 Western Grebes
200 Northern Fulmars (25% light/intermediate phase)
5 Sooty Shearwaters
15 Short-tailed Shearwaters  (most close enough to see dark cap & light 
throat/chest)
30 Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwaters
10 Brown Pelicans
* Double-crested Cormorant
* Brandt's Cormorant
* Pelagic Cormorant
* White-winged Scoter
* Surf Scoter
1 Harlequin Duck
1 Bufflehead
1 Long-tailed Duck
2 Greater Scaup
10 Red-breasted Mergansers
1 Peregrine Falcon
15 Bonaparte's Gulls
* Mew Gulls
* California Gulls
* Herring Gulls
* Western Gulls
* Glaucous-winged Gulls
25 Black-legged Kittiwake
* Common Murres
2 Pigeon Guillemots
6 Marbled Murrelets
15 Rhinoceros Auklets
7 Black Turnstones
2 Black Oystercatchers

1 Gray Whale

Good birding,
Russ Namitz
Coos Bay