Greetings,

On July 5, while driving along the Nome Council Road near mile 24, we spotted
what we believe to be a Short-tailed Shearwater swimming within 20 feet of
shore. We have no prior experience with this species. But we got good photos,
one of which we posted to the miscellaneous folder.

This was the last day of our 4-day trip to Nome. We had 12 life birds, although
the other 11 were to be expected in the area. The highlight was along the road
to the Salmon Lake campground, where we saw an Arctic Warbler on the left side
of the road and 4 Bluethroats on the right.

Russell and Dorothy Stone
Los Angeles, CA