Weekly Update for 6/3 – 6/9/2013
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Aerial surveys of Columbia River estuary, Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, the entire outer Washington coast, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Gulf and San Juan Islands, and Puget Sound; main objectives of the surveys were to detect and photograph new and previously known double-crested cormorant breeding colonies; nesting double–crested cormorants were detected at 8 different colony sites along the outer Washington coast and Strait of Juan de Fuca, including Tunnel Island, Point of Arches, White Rock, Jagged Island, Half Round Rock, Hoh Head, Erin, and Petrel Island; nesting double–crested cormorants were detected at 8 different colony sites in the Salish Sea region of Washington, including Smith Island, Minor Island, Williamson Rocks, Snohomish River Mouth, Goose Island in Cattle Pass, Mandarte Island, the Crofton Outflow Towers, and Drayton Harbor; estimates of numbers of active nests at each of these colonies in coastal Washington will be provided in a later update, once photography has been interpreted
