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Reports 09–11 COASTAL OBSERVATION AND SEABIRD SURVEY TEAM Reports 09–11 Sarichef West—COASST’s northernmost beach, Breaking News on the shores of the Chukchi Sea. Photo: K. Stenek Recovering from the largest algal bloom ever recorded Pomarine Jaeger, Glaucous Gull, and Arctic Tern. And in the world, we’ve combined 2009–2011 into a single Ken’s June 2010 survey grossed three finds nobody else report—two for one this year! Despite COASST finding found this biennium: Common Eider, Red-breasted more than 700 scoters between September and November Merganser and Semipalmated Plover (first-ever COASST 2009, they still weren’t top dog—that title belongs to record). Northern Fulmars. Still, 2009–2011 was our birdiest bien- The Chukchi Sea, sandwiched between the Arctic nium yet, with 9,667 carcasses found by 797 participants. Ocean and the Bering Sea, is a tricky place to survey because the ocean surface freezes September through May (or later). Even in June Ken has noted, “shore ice that has ALASKA broken up packed in towards the beach due to northwest Chukchi winds. Plenty of wave action outside of the ice, but Every region starts with one beach: in the summer of minimal on shore.” 2009, Julia extended COASST into the Chukchi Sea, With Ken’s foothold in Shishmaref and Jane’s training where “rare” species (to all of us who live south of 50°N) trip to Kotzebue (inspired by Charlotte Westing and are pretty commonplace. Just ask Ken Stenek, science Meghan Nedwick in August 2011), COASST’s northern- teacher at Shishmaref School—McKay’s Buntings? They’re most region now boasts nine beaches in 2012, including at the top of Ken’s birding list for 2011. His first month Churchrock, accessed by Randy Meyers and Jim Dau in of COASST finds included Greater White-fronted Goose, a beach-landing plane! 1 Anchor River S Anchor River St Rec Barge Basin N Bishop’s Beach E Bishop’s Beach Mid Bishop’s Beach W Sarichef E Cannery N Sarichef W Coal Bay Harbor Mouth HUKCHI Homer Spit Mid C Kenai N Land’s End Mariner Park Miller’s Landing Mud Bay Auke Rec East Beach Peterson Bay Boy Scout Beach Southwest Stretch Cowee Creek/False Outer Pt Douglas Pt SW Cannon Beach N Eagle Beach Cannon Beach S Shrine of St Therese Benson Beach N Whiting Inlet Buldir Transect A Lukanin S Buldir Transect B North Beach St Paul Buldir Transect C Polovina Buldir Transect D Airport Beach Buldir Transect E Fourth of July South Staraya Artil Seward Waterfront Zappa Kanakanak ERING Spring Creek B Tonsina EA Puale Bay 1 S Puale Bay 2 Palisades James Lagoon Northwestern Spit GULF OF Cape Glazenap LASKA NE Neumann Island North Verdant Cove A SOUTHEAST Pederson Peninsula South Bulldog Cove ALASKA Buggy Beach Yalik Glacier John Brown’s Beach Refuge Cove Kruzof Kamenoi Old Camp to New Cold Bay Dock S Gibson Cove Kruzof SE ALEUTIAN Petrel Cove Northwest Cold Bay Jewel Beach Kruzof SW ISLANDS Mission Lake Seamart to Sandy Landing Cove Chowiet Pasagshak Sitka Historic Park South Beach Chowiet Roslyn Beach Spruce Cape White Sands Bering Sea Washington to California routinely document. Come Sep- Plane-to-beach sounds familiar, at least to Lucretia Fairchild, tember, resident birds jet out of the “land of the midnight sun.” Kristine Sowl and Audrey Bohl at Cape Glazenap, which turned up two Ancient Murrelets in 2009. Part of the Alcid Aleutian Islands family, Ancients are the only member with a cream-colored Kyle Morrison and Ray Bucheit, Alaska Maritime National bill and a “tiny wing, dark upper, and all-white under,” aptly Wildlife Refuge seasonal staff, found two first-year birds on described by this intrepid team. their June 2009 survey of Buldir Transect A that challenged Tinier still, a Least Auklet showed up in August 2010 on their COASST ID skills. The first, an immature Tufted Zappa Beach, St George Island, found by Slade Sapora and Puffin, appeared nearly identical to a Horned Puffin with Allyson Larned, of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife its white breast, but the dark face and bill curvature proved Refuge seasonal staff. Like many diminutive seabirds, these otherwise. As an immature, the Red-faced Cormorant they guys are specialists on equally small prey items that “fit the found lacked the diagnostic red facial skin behind the eye, bill”—copepods—mini, oceanic insect-cousins. but had a pale bill with dark tip. Neither dainty nor rare, but a strong signal on many Close cousins of Common Murres, but breeding farther COASST beaches, Northern Fulmars and Short-tailed Shear- North (Southeast to Chukchi Sea), Thick-billed Murres waters had a good showing on St Paul Island, July–August outnumbered Commons as beached birds 11:1 in the 2009, but were completely absent in the summer of 2010. Aleutians. In the Gulf of Alaska it was just the opposite, with Paul Melovidov, Dustin Jones and Samantha Zacharof 10 Commons and no Thick-bills. When lumped, the two don’t see the same peak in fulmars that COASSTers from species (distinguishable by bill only) account for about 13% 2 of finds this biennium in Alaska. By contrast, murres on the most special occasion at our favorite place to walk, relax and outer coast (Washington south to Humboldt) accounted for survey dead birds,” Bruce Dotterer proposed to Meghan Kelly exactly one quarter of all finds. after completing their June 13, 2009 survey. Bruce offered a very surprised Meghan an engagement ring and he happily Gulf of Alaska reports in the comment section, “She said, ‘Yes!’” On the hunt for a beached bird (murre or otherwise), Mark Kansteiner didn’t see a single one in September 2010 on Southeast Airport Beach, but did find “hundreds of moon jellies, Heidi and Tim Olson (along with an entourage of four approximately 1-inch in diameter, 100 larger moon jellies, guests) found Boy Scout Beach’s first bird since they started plus another 100 lion’s mane jellies.” In response to concerns in October 2008 (well, there was that Dunlin Merrill Jensen about increasing reports of jelly blooms, also know as found—close, but not quite dead). The team was first to “smacks,” scientists associated with the National Center for admit, “it had been two years since our training,” but back Ecological Analysis and Synthesis launched JellyWatch.org to at the house, they combed over the wing key and photos create an online portal for citizens to post their sightings. and came up with the correct species ID, a Common Loon. Jellies abound, but so do sightings of our national bird: Not only that, they noted a classic oil “bathtub” ring on the anywhere from three, spotted by Kathy East on Cannery remaining breast feathers. Beach North in May 2011, to the “33 BAEA within 500 Judy Ramos, anthropologist for the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe, feet of the start of my COASST segment” reported by found Southeast’s other loon, a Pacific, on Cannon Beach Michelle Michaud on Anchor River South. The only Bald South in October 2010. Nary a bird on the north end, but Eagle beached bird find washed up far from civilization, on Denise Wiltse and John Buller report plenty of “bear tracks Northwestern Spit, found by Kenai Fjords National Park observed” over multiple months. staff Brooke McFarland, Laura Phillips and Monika Parsons As “lone man standing” in Ketchikan, Gary Freitag spread in May 2011. some COASST cheer and recruited Jessica Davila to adopt Following in the footsteps of Max Smith and Sarah surveys of Refuge Cove. Now, with more than 10 surveys Swanson, whose 2006 wedding invitation spoke of their under her belt (as of fall 2011), they’re tied for total number gratitude toward “family and friends for joining us on this of birds found (0!). K. Morrison A. Will Look carefully! While this bird has a pale belly, it’s not a Check out the beaks of both puffins, especially the bill tip: the Horned Puffin; it’s a juvenile Tufted Puffin found on Buldir Tufted Puffin’s (left) forms a sideways heart shape, the Horned Island in June 2009. Contrast this bird to the one at right. Puffin’s (above), a dark triangle. 3 Aleck Bay Lonesome Cove American Camp Beach North Mail Bay Camp Orkila Otis Perkins Beckett Point Crescent Beach Pearl Island Cape George Deadman Bay Point Hammond Cape George S Eagle Cove President’s Channel N False Bay South Beach W Diamond Pt E Anacortes Kiwanis Diamond Pt N Grandma’s Cove South Obstruction Griffin Bay Watmough Bay Bowman Bay Gray’s Marsh Green Point John Wayne Marina Hughes Bay West Obstruction Birch Bay Boulevard Park Guemes Island Port Williams Indian Beach Westsound Cherry Pt Chuckamud March Point Port Williams N Jackson Beach Yellow Island Lily Point Chuckanut Padilla Bay Thompson Spit John’s Pass Point Whitehorn Clayton Beach Shannon Point Three Crabs Semiahmoo Marina Locust Ave N Ships Harbor Travis Spit Admiralty Inlet Semiahmoo Spit Locust Ave S Skyline Marina West Sequim Bay Fort Flagler Fort Flagler E Semiahmoo Spit S Squalicum N Cannonball Fort Townsend SP N Sucia Dr N Ala Spit Deep Creek Fort Townsend SP S Sucia Dr S Bust Pt Hoko W Crescent Bay Indian Island S Terrel Mouth Bush Pt S Island View Ediz Hook McCurdy Pt Cama Beach Lyre Creek Elwha W Point Wilson Country Club N Middle Pt Ennis Creek PTMSC Country Club S Sekiu River W Freshwater Bay Coupeville Shipwreck Pt Hollywood Beach Deception Pass N Slip Pt Morse Creek Kayak Pt Deception Pass W Twin River Tongue Pt Mission Beach Double Bluff Whiskey Creek Dungeness Bluffs Tulare Ebeys Landing Duk Point Dungeness Spit 0–1 Warm Beach Elger Bay Ellen Creek Dungeness Spit 1–2 English Boom Preserve First Beach Dungeness Spit 2–3 Brackett’s Landing Fort Casey Hobuck Beach Dungeness Spit 3–4 Carkeek Park Fort Ebey
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