Most of these pictures were taken this afternoon while at Sandy Beach. The Marbled Murrelets were seen while kayaking this morning.
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Pictures taken several different places around town while doing bird counts for the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Flock of Canada Geese observed at Starrigavan 19 February 2007.

I think this gull is probably a Glaucous-winged Gull, but the eye seems pale and the structure seems a bit slight. Observed 19 February 2007 at Swan Lake.

I think this gull is probably a Glaucous-winged Gull, but the eye seems pale and the structure seems a bit slight. Observed 19 February 2007 at Swan Lake.

Juvenile Gull observed 19 February 2007 at Swan Lake.

White-winged Scoters observed off Halibut Point Road on 19 February 2007.

Between birding class Friday and outings yesterday and today to count birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count, I’ve done a fair amount of birding since the last update. With access to a car, we went out to both ends of the road today, but I didn’t venture far from the road.

Weather: It was cloudy with periodic showers on Friday. There was some wind while we walked across the bridge, but mostly it was fairly calm. Saturday and Sunday were similar overcast with light winds and little rain.

Birds: I saw lots of birds over the last three days, including a Horned Puffin in the channel on Friday. I’ll probably cover the birds from these days a little more extensively in a separate entry about the Great Backyard Bird Count results.