COASTAL OBSERVATION AND SEABIRD SURVEY TEAM Breaking News Reports 07–08 Better late than never! Swamped with verifying data on Joe Ceriani spotted another rare visitor—an immature 8748 carcasses, 4 special research projects, 25 COASST Glaucous Gull, much more uncommon than its closely trainings and socials, a website meltdown, a bycatch related Glaucous-winged counterpart. Resident to the crisis, staff turnover and a new ‘day job’ for Julia, we Bering and Beaufort Seas, most adult Glaucous Gulls stay admit we fell behind. Actually, way behind. But there was north, even in the winter, but first and second-year birds just so much interesting stuff going on last year, we had appear to move farther south. to let you know. So read fast, because we pledge to get Good thing Joan Christy and Max Blair sent in the this year’s report out early! photos, and a note proclaiming, “this is no April Fools’ joke!” to certify that they indeed found a male Asian Humboldt Ring-necked Pheasant on their April 1st survey. Humboldt COASSTers really felt the heat of being situated next to one of the largest Common Murre Oregon South colonies in the lower 48—between July and October, Big storms throughout the winter months swept away years they cumulatively recorded 360 murres (more than 11 of accumulated sand and gave Barb Holler and Jim and per kilometer in August!). In September, Pete Nelson Charlotte Maloney a chance to see the schooner Bella, and Doug Parkinson not only had quite a slough of a lumber ship blown ashore near Florence, Oregon in murres, but an escapee as well. A Severe Macaw, no January 1906. doubt a fly-away from some private residence. Its bright Storm erosion wasn’t to blame for the changes Peter green mantle and blue primaries made this single wing Witschi and Dave and Diane Bilderback saw on Oregon a “pretty obvious find.” Mile 96 in January. 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