[obol] Boiler Bay

[Phil Pickering]

7:45-8:45 AM (10/9):
Overcast, wind S 10-20, 6-8 ft swells.

Most interesting was a small group (at least 3) of Humpbacks
headed south 2 miles out, including one that did a low-angle
breach followed by 10 consecutive fluke slaps.

9 Red-throated Loon
3 Pacific Loon
2 Common Loon
15 Western Grebe
40+ pale-bellied tubenose (S, flashing on the horizon - assume
       most/all Pink-foots)
150+ Sooty/Short-tailed (S on the horizon)
200 Brown Pelican (feeding, no directional trend)
8 Double-crested Cormorants (N)
170 Brandt's Cormorants (N)
7 Pelagic Cormorants
2 Green-winged Teal
200 White-winged Scoters (most S)
800 Surf Scoter (most S)
8 Mew Gulls
1500+ California Gulls (steady S, 70%+ immature)
1 Herring Gull
100 Western Gulls (trending S)
3 Glaucous-winged Gulls
500 Heermann's Gulls (feeding, trending S)
1 Caspian Tern
20 Common Murres
2 Rhinoceros Auklets
1 American Pipit

Phil
philliplc at charter.net