24 April

A rainy day at Boiler Bay made seawatching difficult and a lot of time was spent under the cover of umbrellas. The high effort was rewarded by the highest number of Sooty Shearwaters so far and fairly good numbers of loons. Apart from those, movement of migrating birds was low. Counting time: 06:00-11:00. 12832 seabirds of 33 species counted. Weather was cloudy with lots of showers during the morning. Wind moderate from south, southwest, 7 m/s (15mph).

Common Murre (Uria aalge) and Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)

Bird species list:
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)	11
Brant (Branta bernicla)	168
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)	62
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)	6
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)	8
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)	30
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)	524
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)	36
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)	8
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)	118
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)	6451
Common Loon (Gavia immer)	53
Loon sp.	134
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)	10
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)	1
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)	1122
Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)	57
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)	7
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)	84
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)	2
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)	1
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)	6
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)	10
Western/Least Sandpiper	750
Dowitcher sp.	135
Common Murre (Uria aalge)	2770
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)	27
Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)	13
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)	3
Mew Gull (Larus canus)	3
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)	1
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)	99
California Gull (Larus californicus)	29
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)	2
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)	18
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)	73

Whale species list:

None