Hello All,
Joshua Little and I were on the dunes overlooking the mouth of the Siltcoos at
first light this morning and were treated to a fantastic show. Half a dozen
Humpback Whales were spy hopping, pectoral fin slapping and performing
incredible full breeches in front of us for an hour! During the whale show,
there was also a huge pod of what we think were Pacific White-sided Dolphins a
mile+ offshore. They were porpoising along, the full width of a scope view,
creating a churning flurry of white water with many animals leaping completely
out of the water. Oh, there are some birds too! A few SOOTY SHEARWATERS along
with a couple PINK-FOOTED were seen. RED-THROATED LOONS and lower numbers of
COMMON and PACIFIC LOONS streamed by continuously for nearly two hours. The
most dramatic scene of the morning was watching two PEREGRINE FALCONS
relentlessly chase a pelagic BELTED KINGFISHER out to sea. A few MARBLED and
two ANCIENT MURRELETS were close enough to be identified. At Cape Arago State
Park, Coos Co. four ELEGANT TERNS were feeding just outside Simpson Reef.
Another dozen ELEGANT TERNS were found roosting on the mud at low tide with a
large gull flock off Pigeon Point, north of Charleston on Coos Bay. It was a
gorgeous, tee-shirt weather November day on the coast! Joshua can add anything
I forgot.
Good Birding,
John Sullivan
Springfield, OR
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