*Birders with scopes by Caren Willoughby*

Twenty birders met Mark Elliott at Boiler Bay in hopes that the fog would lift enough to see some birds in the sea. The group was rewarded with a few good birds that happened to be close in. We saw large flocks of Black Oystercatchers and Black Turnstones in Depoe Bay!

Sightings of the day:

Song Sparrow
Brown Pelican
American Crow
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Great Blue Heron
Large flocks of Black Oystercatchers and Black Turnstones
Surf Scoter
White Crowned Sparrow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Pacific Loon
Western Gull