[obol] Lincoln County today: Elegant Tern, 2 Tropical Kingbirds, seawatch

  • From: Christopher Hinkle <christopher.hinkle2@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 22:14:56 -0800

We birded coastal Lincoln County today with out parents.

Bolier Bay, 8:10-10:40am:
2 Leach's Storm-Petrels
8 Red Phalaropes
1 Northern Fulmar
100 Sooty Shearwaters
6 Black-legged Kittiwakes
1 Ancient Murrelet
40,000 Pacific Loons (streaming S, hundreds per min.)

Yaquina Head, noonish:
diminishing flow of Pacific Loons
2 Ancient Murrelets
More Sooty Shearwaters
1 Red Phalarope
1 Harlequin Duck

Hatfield Marine Science Center, afternoon:
1 ELEGANT TERN roosting with Mew Gulls on a pier north of the parking
area.  Are there any previous November records from Oregon?
2 Tropical Kingbirds

Photos of kingbirds and Elegant Tern:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/80672850@N02/10664525485/

Good birding,

Christopher and Adrian Hinkle

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