Christmas Bird Count 2002





CHRISTMAS BIRD			COUNT --2002

Here are the numbers for the Rocky Point-Race Rocks portion of yesterday's( 02-12-21 )
Sooke Christmas Bird Count. Up first are the subtotals, for the subset for the birds tallied in the Race Rocks portion, then the totals for the whole area.
Count participants: David Allinson , Jan Brown, Syd Cannings , Andrew Harcombe and myself Alan MacLeod.

Once again, all the counters extend thanks to Garry Fletcher for passage to and from Race Rocks.

Estimated party hours and miles [1 to 2 parties]:

On foot: 8 hours, 4 miles
By boat: 1 hour, 5 miles
By car: 1/2 hour, 7 miles

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	SUBTOTALS FOR RACE ROCKS AREA ONLY: total species=21 December 21, 2002

Pacific Loon	PALO	4
Double Crested Cormorant	DCCO	60
Brandts Cormorant	BRCO	320
Pelagic Cormorant	PECO	20
Harlequin Duck	HADU	30
Surf Scoter	SUSC	6
Peregrine Falcon	PEFA	1
Red-Necked Phalarope	REPH	114
Black Oystercatcher	BLOY	39
Black Turnstone	BLTU	18
Surfbird	SURF	1
Rock Sandpiper	ROSA	5
Mew Gull	MEGU	1200
Herring Gull	HEGU	12
Yhayer's Gull	THGU	2000
Western Gull	WEGU	1
Glaucous-winged Gull	GWGU	800
California Gull	CAGU	2
Common Murre	COMU	3600
Ancient Murrelet	ANMU	342
Song Sparrow	SOSP	3

*SUBTOTALS FOR WHOLE AREA OF ROCKY POINT , BENTINCK CHANNEL AND RACE ROCKS: total species=69*

BAEA	2		DOWO	2
SSHA	1		HAWO	6
RTHA	4		NOFL	55
PEFA	2		PIWO	2
CAQU	10		STJA	60
REPH	129		NWCR	1
BLOY	48		CORA	6
BLTU	27		CBCH	24
SURF	2		RBNU	7
ROSA	5		BRCR	1
COSN	1		WIWR	33
MEGU	1218		MAWR	2
HEGU	12		GCKI	80
THGU	2002		RCKI	12
WEGU	1		AMRO	220
GWGU	840		VATH	10
CAGU	2		EUST	44
unid. gull spp**.	8000		HUVI	1
COMU	4800		SPTO	9
PIGU	11		FOSP	4
ANMU	642		SOSP 15	15
RHAU	1		DEJU	28
GHOW	4		RWBL	12
BAOW	1		HOFI	8
NSWO	1		PISI	145
BEKI	4


**massed in a great feeding flock extending east from Bentinck Island, 1115 hrs.

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