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Today was the first day since we came here that felt kind of slow. Generally, migration went further away from the coast today than before. Pacific loons did a push in the morning and again before lunch, however only in moderate numbers. Migrating Bonaparte’s gulls were seen during most of the time but in lower numbers than yesterday. Counting time: 06:00-12:00. 42 species of seabird counted. Winds from the north during the morning, around 5 m/s (11mph) brought a few showers. Around noon, as most days, the wind increased and the clouds dispersed.
| Bird species list: | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) | 33 |
| Brant (Branta bernicla) | 56 |
| Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) | 691 |
| American Wigeon (Anas americana) | 1 |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | 1 |
| Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) | 5 |
| Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) | 7 |
| Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) | 363 |
| White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi) | 12 |
| Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) | 2 |
| Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | 3 |
| Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) | 393 |
| Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) | 5154 |
| Common Loon (Gavia immer) | 177 |
| Loon sp. | 130 |
| Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) | 19 |
| Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | 19 |
| Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) | 1 |
| Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) | 231 |
| Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) | 157 |
| Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) | 121 |
| Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) | 30 |
| Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) | 28 |
| Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | 6 |
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) | 3 |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | 127 |
| Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) | 90 |
| Western/Least Sandpiper | 470 |
| Dowitcher sp. | 68 |
| Common Murre (Uria aalge) | 1960 |
| Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) | 46 |
| Marbled Murrulet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) | 20 |
| Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) | 4 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) | 2 |
| Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | 797 |
| Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) | 290 |
| California Gull (Larus californicus) | 319 |
| American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) | 13 |
| Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) | 47 |
| Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | 114 |
| Whale species list: | |
| Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) | 5 |
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