Trip : Santa Cruz and Moss Landing Big Day Login
4 Locations, 83 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose MLSB
Brant MLSB
Mallard NL
Northern Pintail MLSB
Green-Winged Teal MLSB
Surf Scoter WCD
Long-Tailed Duck MLSB
Bufflehead MLSB
Common Goldeneye MLSB
Red-breasted Merganser AP
Ruddy Duck AP
Loons
Red-throated Loon WCD
Common Loon MLSB
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe NL
Horned Grebe WCD
Eared Grebe WCD
Western Grebe WCD
Pelicans
Brown Pelican WCD
Cormorants
Brandt's Cormorant WCD
Double-crested Cormorant NL
Pelagic Cormorant WCD
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron MLSB
Great Egret MLSB
Snowy Egret MLSB
Black-crowned Night-Heron NL
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture MLSB
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite AP
Red-tailed Hawk WCD
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
American Coot NL
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover MLSB
Snowy Plover MLSB
Semipalmated Plover MLSB
Killdeer AP
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher WCD
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt MLSB
American Avocet MLSB
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs MLSB
Willet MLSB
Whimbrel WCD
Long-billed Curlew MLSB
Marbled Godwit MLSB
Sanderling MLSB
Western Sandpiper MLSB
Least Sandpiper MLSB
Dunlin MLSB
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Heermann's Gull MLSB
Mew Gull WCD
Ring-billed Gull MLSB
California Gull WCD
Herring Gull MLSB
Western Gull WCD
Glaucous-winged Gull WCD
Forster's Tern MLSB
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre MLSB
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon WCD
Mourning Dove NL
Typical Owls
Great Horned Owl MLSB
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird NL
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe NL
Say's Phoebe AP
Jays and Crows
Western Scrub-Jay NL
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee NL
Bushtits
Bushtit AP
Wrens
Marsh Wren MLSB
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet NL
Thrushes
Hermit Thrush NL
American Robin NL
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird NL
Starlings
European Starling WCD
Wood-Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler NL
Townsend's Warbler NL
Northern Waterthrush AP
Emberizids
Fox Sparrow NL
Song Sparrow NL
Lincoln's Sparrow NL
White-crowned Sparrow AP
Golden-crowned Sparrow AP
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird WCD
Brewer's Blackbird AP
Northern Finches
Purple Finch AP
House Finch NL
Lesser Goldfinch NL
American Goldfinch NL
Moss Landing State Beach = MLSB
Antonelli Pond = AP
Neary Lagoon = NL
West Cliff Drive = WCD
Trip Notes
We had so much fun birding in and around Santa Cruz that we never made it south of Moss Landing. Along the way we found our very first Northern Waterthrush. Even more exciting, Mary finally saw a Long-tailed Duck, ending a discrepancy between our life lists that stretched back to October, 2002, when Bill saw one briefly during a pelagic trip. On that occasion Mary had taken two Dramamines instead of one (bad, bad advice) and slept through the whole thing. This look was much better.
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