Trip : Coastal Cruise Login
10 Locations, 62 Sightings
New World Quail
California Quail GC
Loons
Common Loon PP
Grebes
Western Grebe BHSB
Pelicans
Brown Pelican PP
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant PP
Double-crested Cormorant PP
Pelagic Cormorant PP
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron PP
Great Egret LL
Black-crowned Night-Heron PP
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture GC
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite RASMC
Sharp-shinned Hawk GC
Cooper's Hawk SR
Red-shouldered Hawk PP
Red-tailed Hawk PM
being harrased at Pescadero Marsh by a Kestresl, also seen at Lake Lucerne and perched on numerous power poles along Highway One.
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel PM
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover PP
Semipalmated Plover PM
Killdeer GC
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher PP
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet ANSR
Whimbrel BHSB
Marbled Godwit BHSB
Black Turnstone PP
Black Turnstone BHSB
Surfbird PP
Sanderling PP
Sanderling BHSB
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Heermann's Gull BHSB
California Gull BHSB
Herring Gull BHSB
Western Gull PP
Western Gull BHSB
Western Gull PP
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre PP
Marbled Murrelet PP
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon PP
Band-tailed Pigeon GC
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird GC
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher LL
Woodpeckers
Hairy Woodpecker DP
Hairy Woodpecker GC
Northern Flicker SR
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe GC
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay GC
Western Scrub-Jay GC
Common Raven ANSR
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee BHSB
Bushtits
Bushtit GC
Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatch ANSR
Babblers
Wrentit GC
Starlings
European Starling PP
Wood-Warblers
Common Yellowthroat LL
Emberizids
California Towhee SR
Song Sparrow SR
White-crowned Sparrow SR
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird PP
Tricolored Blackbird SR
Brewer's Blackbird PP
Northern Finches
House Finch PP
American Goldfinch PP
Ano Nuevo State Reserve = ANSR
Bean Hollow State Beach = BHSB
Downtown Pescadero = DP
Gazos Creek = GC
Lake Lucerne = LL
Pescadero Marsh = PM
Pigeon Point = PP
Pillar Point = PP
Rural Areas of San Mateo County = RASMC
Stage Road = SR
Trip Notes
The fog was unpredictable today. We spent a long time struggling with identification of faroff alcids we thought were Murrelets, but when we went into the Pigeon Point lighthouse grounds and looked from the observation platform, we had two closeup Marbled Murrelets only 100 yards out in great light showing clear field marks. It was a very gratifying moment.
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