Thank you to Andrew Jacobs and his associate for this onsite survey conducted on March 8 …..
It shows the difficulty in Gull ID’s, and why I normally report ### – “Gulls”
Total – Species – Stationary (on water or rocks staying in area) Flying (Flying around or past the area)
8 Canada Goose : 8 stationary
25 Harlequin Duck : 25 stationary
17 Black Oystercatcher : 17 stationary
64 Black Turnstone : 9 flying 53 stationary
17 Surfbird : 17 stationary
8 Dunlin : 4 Stationary 4 flying
14 Rock Sandpiper : 14 stationary
7 Common Murre : 7 flying
35 Pigeon Guillemot : 9 stationary 24 flying
1 Marbled Murrelet : 1 stationary
19 Short-billed Gull : 5 immature flying 14 adult flying
4 Western Gull : 2 adult stationary 2 immature stationary
2 California Gull : 1 adult stationary 1 adult flying
2 Herring Gull (American) : 1 immature flying 1 immature stationary
9 Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) : 4 adults stationary 1 adult flying 4 immature stationary
18 Glaucous-winged Gull : 3 adults stationary 3 adults flying 8 immature stationary 4 immature flying
78 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull : 10 adult flying 57 adult stationary 6 immature stationary 5 immature flying
1 Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull : 1 immature stationary
1 Red-throated Loon : 1 flying
121 Brandt’s Cormorant : 20 flying 101 stationary
53 Pelagic Cormorant : 6 flying 47 stationary
9 Double-crested Cormorant : 8 stationary 1 flying
13 Bald Eagle : 1 adult stationary 5 immature stationary 7 immature flying
2 Common Raven : 2 stationary
Harbour seal 23
California sealion 18
Steller’s sealion 19
Elephant Seal Pups 3
Sea Otter 1 (reported by Eco-Tourism Vessel)