December 9

Weather: The morning started with brisk east winds that settled and then went light west for the last couple hours of the count. Visibility was good, swell was moderate, skies were clear.

Birds: I think the fan favorite today was the afternoon Ancient Murrelet flight. We had 67 go by during the 2PM-3PM hour, and tallied 141 over the day's course. We also had a nice large alcid push during the 0800-0900 hour; daily totals: 819 Rhinoceros Auklet, 2320 Common Murres, 1 Cassin's Auklet, 1 Ancient Murrelet. Also fun were a scattering of jaegers. 1 Parasitic and 4 Pomarines were close enough to identify.

The loon fight was also respectable: 114 Red-throats and 2485 Pacifics (846 during 0800-0900 and a nice 2PM-3PM push of 402 to go with the Ancient Murrelets).

We had a few non-fulmar tubenoses: 2 Black-footed Albatross, the first Sooty Shearwater in several days, and 2 Black-vented Shearwaters.

Just 65 Surf Scoters.

-Alison Vilag

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