15 March Photos: Allen Marine Cruise

I went on a WhaleFest fundraising cruise this morning, where I was the speaker to talk about birds.

Weather: It started out sunny and calm this morning with a high, thin overcast moving over throughout the morning. Later in the afternoon it was overcast.

Birds: We didn’t see too many birds, they were mostly fairly dispersed. I did notice Marbled Murrelets, Common Murres, Thick-billed Murres (possibly some Commons going back into breeding plumage a bit early?), Pelagic Cormorants, a Double-crested Cormorant, a few White-winged and Surf Scoters, a handful of loons, some Long-tailed Ducks, and a Pigeon Guillemot. There were lots of gulls in the Channel on our return.

Other Notes: We watched three Humpback Whales which Jan Straley said were probably early returners. We also got to observe a pod of Killer Whales, a Male, two females, and a young calf.

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