23 April

You get spoiled quickly in Boiler Bay. Another day of poor migration today compared to the days before yesterday. To boost morale and escape the rain for a while, a pause was done in the sea watching in order to go to nearby Depoe Bay for a coffee. We can’t help but feel like this is the calm before the storm, maybe the pressure is building up for some massive migration in the days ahead. Counting time 06:00 – 08:00 and again 09:10 – 11:10. 3774 seabirds of 31 species counted. Weather consisted of showers and overcast skies with winds from the south, about 3 m/s (7mph).

Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

Bird species list:
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)	140
Brant (Branta bernicla)	131
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)	102
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)	10
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)	1
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)	499
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)	23
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)	3
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)	2
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)	324
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)	518
Common Loon (Gavia immer)	20
Loon sp.	217
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)	13
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)	6
Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)	139
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)	39
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)	90
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)	21
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)	11
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)	2
Western/Least Sandpiper	450
Common Murre (Uria aalge)	670
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)	65
Marbled Murrulet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)	30
Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)	16
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)	6
Mew Gull (Larus canus)	3
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)	116
California Gull (Larus californicus)	56
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)	4
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)	31
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)	16

Whale species list:
Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)	3
Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)	1