Despite the fog this morning we were able to get in an hour’s birding at the ferry terminal before the drizzle began in earnest.
Six birders saw the following 35 species. The highlights being close looks at approximately 40 Long-tailed Ducks by the ferry dock and 60 Common Mergansers on the other side of the terminal.
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Horned Grebe
Bald Eagle
Red-necked Grebe
Killdeer
Double-crested Cormorant
Mew Gull
Great Blue Heron
California Gull
American Wigeon
Thayer’s Gull
Gadwall
Glaucous-winged Gull
Mallard
Herring Gull
Greater Scaup
Belted Kingfisher
Harlequin Duck
Pileated Woodpecker
Black Scoter
Pacific Wren
Surf Scoter
American Robin
White-winged Scoter
Northwestern Crow
Common Goldeneye
Common Raven
Barrow’s Goldeneye
European Starling
Bufflehead
Song Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser
Dark-eyed Junco
Long-tailed Duck
