OVERVIEW
From October 2009 through April 2010, 427 surveys were conducted at 68 survey sites (Island, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and Thurston counties) with density data collected on 51 species of near-shore birds. This represents 161.54 hours of survey time and 297.34 volunteer hours (or 440 based on estimates of time spent traveling to and from survey sites).
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SPECIES LIST
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan *
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon *
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon |
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet *
Rhinoceros Auklet
* - new to PSSS
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SUMMARY GRAPHS
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BIRD DISTRIBUTION GRAPHS
please refer to survey site list at bottom to find specific site name and location (bird images donated by David Gluckman)
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SURVEY SITE SUMMARIES
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