Robert W. Butler
Pacific WildLife Foundation, PO Box 1-12, Reed Point Marina, 850 Barnet Highway, Port Moody, B.C. V3H 1V6 email: Contact@robbutler.ca
Abstract: This report summarizes unpublished summer naturalist reports, including field notes by the author, from 1963–73 to fill a gap in the historical record of birds for Mitlenatch Island, British Columbia. Historical information from this period is included for Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens), Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba), Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) and Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus).
Key words: Mitlenatch Island, Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba, Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani, Northwestern Crow, Corvus caurinus.
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