Location : Monterey Bay Login
Location Notes
We have only visited Monterey Bay 5 times.
This location denotes pelagic trips out of Monterey Bay, especially with Debra Shearwater.
100 Species
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Albatrosses
Black-footed Albatross
Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Storm-Petrels
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Pomarine Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Sabine's Gull
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Swallows
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Wrens
Bewick's Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
American Robin
Starlings
European Starling
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Northern Finches
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Location Photos
Location Map
5 Trips
2007 Aug 26, Monterey Whale Watch
2005 Jan 16, Wings over Monterey
2001 Nov 03, Birding with Matt and April
2001 Oct 27, Return to Shearwater
1998 Aug 29, Anniversary Pelagic Trip