[obol] Cassin's
- From: Darrel Faxon <5hats@xxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:46:11 -0700
Enjoyed the seawatch from 7:40-8:25 a.m. with a number of other birders.
Returned to the site about 2:30 p.m, and stayed until 4:40 p.m. Still
large numbers of birds going by. More BLACK LEGGED KITTIWAKES than earlier
in the day, mostly juveniles, many HEERMANN'S GULLS and CASSIN'S
AUKLETS, more FULMARS closer in, a few SOOTY SHEARWATERS also in close,
some no more than one hundred yards offshore. Most intriguing was a mid
sized alcid which flew by sixty yards offshore at 4:20. It was larger than
a CASSIN'S AUKLET, smaller than a RHINOCEROUS AUKLE, thick necked, big
headed, solid blackish gray throughout, including the entire underparts,
and had a fluttery wingbeat. I was not able to detect bill color. I wish
some of the other birders had still been around.
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