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- As seen on a Birding Tour Charter May 2011
Happy Birders on the Birding Charter. Guests are from the Tri Cities.
Mature Bald Eagle in its nest
A Bald Eagle Makes A Kill in Mid-Air- Victum is a Glaucous Winged Gull
Palagic Cormorants with Glacous Winged Gulls
Birder with camera closing in on "THE shot"
A Bald Eagle Makes A Kill in Mid-Air- Victum is a Glaucous Winged Gull
Two Bald Eagle with their Glaucous Winged Gull meal
The Tri Cities Birding Group May 7, 2011
Birders and Bird Leader Barb Jensen
Mike Oster, Lead Naturalist and also a Captain.
Today we had a charter for a group of birders which departed at 9:00. Heading south out of Friday Harbor we almost immediately saw: Pelagic Cormorants, Brandts Cormorants, Double Crested Cormorants.
There were Black Oyster Catchers on Goose Island and also a HARLEQUIN Duck there.
Out at whale rocks we saw a large group of Stellar Sea Lions basking.
There were several Rhinoceros Aucklets and Pigeon Guillemots.
MARBLED MURLETS!!!! Yes, but had it not been for Barb Jensen I dont know if the rest of of us would have spotted them.
Bald eagles were in trees and nest. But the best was when a bald eagle snatched a Glacous Winged Gull out of the air, BAM! and brought it to shore where its mate was waiting. The eagle that caught is, then began cleaning it - feathers flying.
We also saw a pair of Peregrine Falcons - Up in the rock and trees - another Barb spotting. Someone in the group spotted a Harlequin Duck. What a beauty!
About 3 hours later we pulled back in to Friday Harbor. The day was beautiful - blue skies. Not the rain predicted.
Over and out for now,
Colleen, Naturalist
