To Douglas Island and Back

Today we rowed our little boat from Moorecroft Regional Park, out to Douglas Island, and back via Gerald Island. Birds seen in the four hours of absolutely beautiful rowing weather were;

Harlequin Duck: 23

Surf Scoter: 4

White-winged Scoter: 1

Long-tailed Duck: 6

Bufflehead: 22

Barrow's Goldeneye: 6

Common Merganser: 17

Red-breasted Merganser: 6

Pacific Loon: 462

Common Loon: 11

Horned Gerebe: 6

Red-necked Grebe: 10

Western Grebe: 22

Brandt's Cormorant: 7

Double-crested Cormorant: 9

Pelagic Cormorant: 13

Great Blue Heron: 2

Bald Eagle: 12

Black Oystercatcher: 1

Mew Gull: 166

California Gull: 4

Herring Gull: 3

Thayer's Gull: 102

Glaucous-winged Gull: 87

Common Murre: 372

Marbled Murrelet: 41

Ancient Murrelet: 3

Snowy Owl: 1

Belted Kingfisher: 1

Northern Flicker: 1

American Robin: 1

Song Sparrow: 5