November 2002 Field Journal 11.17 Las Gallinas Sewer Ponds
Today, the Golden Gate Audubon Society trip to Las Gallinas Sewer Ponds had a nice look at a light-morph adult FERRUGINOUS HAWK west of the sewer ponds near the school.50 species seen:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Long-billed Curlew
Least Sandpiper
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow11.29 - 12.1 Mendocino/Sonoma/Marin Coast
LAYSAN ALBATROSS in its usual spot at Pt. Arena Cove (Dec 01)
FERRUGINOUS HAWK adult at Irish Beach (Dec 01)
SANDHILL CRANE a single bird at Garcia Flats (Dec 01)
ROCK SANDPIPER feeding with the turnstones and surfbirds at Laguna Pt. (Nov 29)42 species seen:
Red-throated Loon (1)
Western Grebe (7)
Laysan Albatross (7)
Brown Pelican (7)
Brandt's Cormorant (1)
Double-crested Cormorant (1)
Pelagic Cormorant (1, 7)
Canada Goose (3)
Bufflehead (8)
Common Goldeneye (4)
White-tailed Kite (6)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Ferruginous Hawk (5)
Sandhill Crane (6)
Black-bellied Plover (1, 6)
Killdeer (6)
Willet (7)
Marbled Godwit (8)
Black Turnstone (1)
Surfbird (1)
Rock Sandpiper (1)
Mew Gull (8)
Western Gull (1, 7)
Glaucous-winged Gull (1)
Hutton's Vireo (3)
Steller's Jay (2)
Common Raven (1, 2)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1, 2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2)
American Robin (2)
Varied Thrush (2)
Wrentit (4)
American Pipit (1)
Orange-crowned Warbler (8)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Townsend's Warbler (1)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow (1)
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (1)
American Goldfinch (3)Locations:
1) Laguna Pt. (Nov 29)
2) Van Damme St. Park (Nov 30)
3) Botanical Gardens (Nov 30)
4) Albion River (Dec 01)
5) Irish Beach (Dec 01)
6) Garcia Flats (Dec 01)
7) Pt. Arena Cove (Dec 01)
8) Diekmann's Store (Dec 01)
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