We started at Andrew's Point, a well known sea-watching spot. Within 30 seconds, we found Harlequin Ducks, and lots of them! There were about 100 in the general area!
Some shots:
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a Great Cormorant, and managed to snap a distant picture
It's very heavily cropped, he was a ways out.
We headed on to Bass Rocks, in hopes of a recently reported King Eider. We struck out, but managed to find Common Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, and White-winged and Surf Scoters. No pictures, they were quite distant.
We then went to try and find a continuing Ross's Goose and Red-headed Woodpecker. On the way there, I saw a little white dot a hundred yards out in some trees. It turned out to be a Snowy Owl! I got some crappy record shots.
A couple minutes later, we arrived at the goose spot, and immediately picked out the white Ross's from the darker Canada Geese. A couple of other birders had located a Cackling Goose, which they were kind enough to show us in their scope!
Jan. 1 brought a total of 36 species for the year list, 4 of which were lifers.
Lifers: Harlequin Duck, Great Cormorant, Ross's Goose, Cackling Goose
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