Trip : Wings over Monterey Login
Monterey Bay, 65 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose
Mallard
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Grebes
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
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
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Short-billed Dowitcher
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
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
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Wrens
Bewick's Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
American Robin
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
Trip Notes

The weather was beautiful, warm and sunny all day, making for delightful observing conditions.

We observed numerous mammals -- Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Harbour Seal, Steller's Sea Lion, California Sea Lion, Bobcat, Wild Boar, Sea Otter

In addition to the species listed, other participants observed Black Turnstone, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, and Mourning Dove.

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