Field notes, v1541
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21 Green-winged Teal 5 American Widgeon 200 Shoreter 400 Canvasback 5 scap (sp) 5 Ruddy Duck 20 Sparrow Hawk 1 American Coot 2.5 Killdeer 2 Wiljet 1 Spotted Sandpiper " 1 + Palo Alto Yacht Harbor European Widgeon " 2\delta - heads reddish, forehead buffy, sides gray - both together in the western Giebe channel just s. of the duck pond Red-winged Blackbird Brewers Blackbird 71 sp.. Ano Nuevo 0930-1630 hightide to receding tide 1-21-72 Pescadero Marsh, Pescadero Beach, Pigeon Point 0815-0930 clear to p.c., warm, 0-15 mph Bonnie Bowen Common Loon 3 Walt Hoenig Arctic Loon 1 Marc Chamberlain Red-throated Loon 5 Bill Principe Horned Grebe 35 Western Grebe 25 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 - tip of Ano Nuevo Pt - adult with bright orange gular Brandt's Cormorant 15+ Pelagic Cormorant 40+ Great Blue Heron 2 American Bittern " 1 - Pescadero Marsh Ross' Goose " 1 \delta + flooded field on Ano Nuevo Pt. Approached to within 100 ft before flyins - Pinta Cinnamon Teal 2\delta definitely no trace of black ginn, warty sheath on base of bill clearly Canvasback 1 visible, overall size small, bill small, silent. Common Goldeneye 3\delta Buffiehead 2- \delta + \female - outer tip of Ano Nuevo - heavy surf Harlequin Duck " 4\delta fantastic views at Ano Nuevo Pt., diving synchronously ; did not appear White-winged Scoter 3 until high tide had receded to level at which you could walk along beach Surf scoter 40 Common Scoter " 20 Ruddy Duck 5 I dead juv. on beach - 4-5 feet long. Remains of umbilicus Red-breasted Merganser 15- 2\delta present - protruding 3 inches. Elephant Seal 100 - [10\delta on beach at point. One Red-tailed Hawk 7 bloody on chest, lips. Several Marsh Hawk 2- \delta + \female instances of challenge and displaceent Sparrow Hawk 3 witnessed on the beach Rings-necked Pheasant " 5 Steller's Sea Lion 25 American Coot 10 Harbor Seal 10 Black Oystercatcher 3 Pacific Treefrog Green with black eyeline - in Killdeer 1 thudlets on outer point near rainpods Black-bellied Plover 1 in sand dunes Surfbird 8 Black Turnstone 40