Waterbird survey on Friday, 15 May 2026.
987 Surf Scoters, with a couple of White-winged Scoters in the mix
A good variety of other ducks, mostly with numbers in the double digits
Horned and Red-necked Grebes
Red-throated Loons and another loon species (probably Pacific)
1 lonely cormorant, couldn't pin down species
2 whimbrels, and some of our more usual shorebirds, Wandering Tattler, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs
We also saw 1 sea lion, about a dozen harbor seals, and 1 (maybe 2) humpback whale