2010-2011 SURVEY - Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Species List
3. Summary Graphs
4. Bird Abundance Charts
5. Survey Site Summaries

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OVERVIEW

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From October 2010 through April 2011, 427 surveys were conducted at 66 survey sites (Island, King, Pierce, Snohomish, Jefferson, Kitsap and Thurston counties) with density data collected on 52 species of near-shore birds. This represents 153.35 survey hours and 259.05 volunteer hours.

2010-2011 PSSS Leaderboard

		Site Name	Season Stats	Volunteers Name

Site with most birds	1.	Purdy Spit North	2,426 birds	Michael Hobbs
Site with most birds	2.	Purdy Spit South	2,282 birds	Michael Hobbs
	3.	Dumas Bay Park	1,910 birds	Bob Stallcop, Sue Yates, Guy McWethy

Busiest Site	1.	Sinclair Inlet	346 records	Michael Hobbs
	2.	Purdy Spit North	297 records	Michael Hobbs
	3.	Purdy Spit South	278 records	Michael Hobbs

Site with most species	1.	Sinclair Inlet	26 species	Michael Hobbs
Site with most species	2.	Carkeek Park	25 species	Susan Stillman, Chris Anderson, Sarah Peden
	3.	Dumas Bay Park	24 species	Bob Stallcop, Sue Yates, Guy McWethy

Site with fewest birds	1.	Owens Beach	41 birds	Peter Hodum, Nathalie Hamel
Site with fewest birds	2.	Les Davis Pier	58 birds	Dan Roscoe
(way to hang in there!)	3.	Sunrise Beach Park	86 birds	Scott Markowitz, Diane Nason, Kathie Stork
(way to hang in there!)	3.	Cromwell East	86 birds	Terry Mace, Phillip Craven, John Riegsecker


Bob Stallcop © Sue Yates	Cassie Gluckman and Jean Walat © Bob Whitney		David Gluckman © Paul Happel

SPECIES LIST

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Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck*
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck*

Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant

Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Sabine's Gull*
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
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet

Click each name
to view the species page
on the interactive
PSSS website!

* - New to PSSS

SUMMARY GRAPHS

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BIRD ABUNDANCE CHARTS

OVER ALL PSSS SITES BY MONTH

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SURVEY SITE SUMMARIES

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1	Dash Pt State Park	KING	Dash Pt State Park	Click on site name to view a summary of sightings from the 2010-11 survey season
2	Dumas Bay State Park		Dumas Bay State Park
3	South Redondo Boardwalk		South Redondo Boardwalk
4	North Redondo Boardwalk		North Redondo Boardwalk
5	Saltwater State Park		Saltwater State Park
6	Des Moines Fishing Pier		Des Moines Fishing Pier
7	Normandy Beach Park		Normandy Beach Park
8	Three Tree Point		Three Tree Point
9	Seahurst Park		Seahurst Park
10	Brace Point		Brace Point
11	Lincoln Park		Lincoln Park
12	Lowman Park		Lowman Park
13	Me Kwah Mooks		Me Kwah Mooks
14	Alki Beach		Alki Beach
15	Duwamish Head		Duwamish Head
16	Elliott Bay Water Taxi Pier		Elliott Bay Water Taxi Pier
17	Pier 57		Pier 57
18	Pier 70		Pier 70
19	Myrtle Edwards Park		Myrtle Edwards Park
20	Magnolia Bluff		Magnolia Bluff
21	West Point south		West Point south
22	West Point north		West Point north
23	60th St Viewpoint		60th St Viewpoint
24	Golden Gardens		Golden Gardens
25	Carkeek Park		Carkeek Park
26	Richmond Beach		Richmond Beach
27	Edmonds south		Discovery Park West
28	Edmonds north		The Cove
29	Discovery Park West		Seward Park North
30	The Cove		Seward Park South
31	Penn Cove Pier	PIERCE	Purdy Spit South
32	Purdy Spit South		Purdy Spit North
33	Purdy Spit North		Kopachuck
34	Kopachuck		DeMolay Boys Camp - West
35	DeMolay Boys Camp - West		DeMolay Boys Camp - East
36	DeMolay Boys Camp - East		Fox Island Fishing Pier
37	Fox Island Fishing Pier		Cromwell West
38	Cromwell West		Cromwell East
39	Cromwell East		Narrows Park
40	Narrows Park		Gig Harbor Spit
41	Gig Harbor Spit		Sunrise Beach County Park
42	Sunrise Beach County Park		Gordon Pt Park
43	Gordon Pt Park		Sunnyside Beach Park
44	Sunnyside Beach Park		Titlow Beach
45	Titlow Beach		Owens Beach Pt Defiance
46	Owens Beach Pt Defiance		Ruston Way
47	Ruston Way		Les Davis Pier
48	Les Davis Pier		Jack Hyde Park
49	Jack Hyde Park		Thea's Park
50	Thea's Park		Penrose State Park
52	Penrose State Park		Joemma Beach State Park
53	Joemma Beach State Park		Herron Island Ferry Term. N.
54	Herron Island Ferry Term. N.		Brown's Point
55	Luhr Beach		Raft Island north
56	Brown's Point		Raft Island south
57	Seward Park North	SNOHOMISH	Edmonds south
58	Seward Park South		Edmonds north
60	Tolmie State Park		Mukilteo State Park
61	Mukilteo State Park		Howarth State Park
62	Howarth State Park		Kayak Point State Park
63	Kayak Point State Park	THURSTON	Luhr Beach
64	Boston Harbor		Tolmie State Park
65	Burfoot County Park		Boston Harbor
66	Olympia waterfront		Burfoot County Park
67	Pt Wilson		Olympia waterfront
68	Raft Island north		Totten Inlet (private)
69	Raft Island south		Frye Cove County Park
70	Penn Cove Public Tidelands	ISLAND	Penn Cove Pier
71	Totten Inlet (private)		Penn Cove Public Tidelands
75	Sinclair Inlet		Libbey Beach State Park
76	Frye Cove County Park	JEFFERSON	Pt Wilson
77	Libbey Beach State Park	KITSAP	Sinclair Inlet