Trip : Our Wings over Monterey Login
7 Locations, 70 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose FW
Gadwall LR
American Wigeon LR
Mallard LR
Cinnamon Teal LR
Northern Shoveler LR
Harlequin Duck FW
Surf Scoter WCD
White-winged Scoter LML
Bufflehead LR
Common Goldeneye MLSB
Red-breasted Merganser FW
Ruddy Duck LR
Loons
Red-throated Loon MBR
Pacific Loon MBR
Common Loon WCD
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe LR
Horned Grebe MBR
Red-necked Grebe MBR
Eared Grebe LML
Western Grebe WCD
Pelicans
American White Pelican LR
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant FW
Brandt's Cormorant WCD
Double-crested Cormorant WCD
Pelagic Cormorant WCD
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron MLSB
Great Egret WCD
Snowy Egret LML
Black-crowned Night-Heron FW
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture MLSB
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Cooper's Hawk LML
Red-tailed Hawk WCD
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel LML
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
American Coot LR
Plovers
Killdeer (h) MLSB
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher WCD
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt MLSB
American Avocet MLSB
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet WCD
Whimbrel WCD
Long-billed Curlew MLSB
Marbled Godwit WCD
Black Turnstone WCD
Surfbird WCD
As many as twenty-four birds in a single flock
Sanderling WCD
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Heermann's Gull WCD
Mew Gull FW
California Gull WCD
Herring Gull FW
Western Gull WCD
Glaucous-winged Gull LML
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre CGP
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon WCD
Mourning Dove WCD
Typical Owls
Great Horned Owl MLSB
A pair of birds heard and seen just off Highway 1, approximately one mile north of Moss Landing State Beach parking lot.
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe WCD
Say's Phoebe MLSB
Jays and Crows
Western Scrub-Jay FW
Wrens
Marsh Wren LR
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet LR
Starlings
European Starling WCD
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler LR
Townsend's Warbler FW
Emberizids
Song Sparrow FW
White-crowned Sparrow LML
Golden-crowned Sparrow LML
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird WCD
Brewer's Blackbird WCD
Northern Finches
House Finch LR
Coast Guard Pier = CGP
Fishermans Wharf = FW
Monterey Beach Resort = MBR
Moss Landing State Beach = MLSB
Lee Road = LR
Long Marine Laboratory = LML
West Cliff Drive = WCD
Trip Notes
We finally decided to try this big trip on our own.
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