Field notes, v1544
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Remsen, J.V. 1974 Journal Jan 26 (cont) Wind: 5-20 W Ocean: choppy, very difficult to see birds sitting on water, some large swells. Temp - 50 Sky: clear Species: Arctic Loon 25 California Gull 20 Brandts Cormorant 10 Glaucous Gull 1 Black-footed Albatross 8 Hei Gull 10 Fulmar 3 Heermann's Gull 15 Sooty Shearwater 30 Bonapartes Gull 5 Slender-billed Shearwater 2 Black-legged Kittiwake 30 ? Slende-billed Shearwdr 8 Common Murre 50 Fork-tailed Petrel 8 Rhinoceros Auklet 5000 Ashy Petrel 4 Cassins Auklet 300 White-winged Scoter 5 Ancient Murrelet 3 Surf Scoter 1 Marbled Murrelet 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 500 Western Gull 2000 Killer Whale 4 Herring Gull 5 Gray Whale 10 Thayer's Gull 1 Alaska Fur Seal 1 Moss Landing, Monterey Co, Calif Area: from boat docks through harbor and up to 1 mile offshore, and return Observers: Same Time: 0815-0830, 1500-1515 Species: Common Loon 2 Marbled Godwit 10 Red-necked Grebe 1 gull (sp) 100 Horned Grebe 10 Forstels Tern 20 Eared Grebe 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Great Blue Heron 2 White-winged Scoter 10 Surf Scoter 50 Oldsquaw 3 Ruddy Duck 25 Red-breasted Merganser 2 American Coot 20 Willett 10 Sanderling 10 Lapis Rd., Monterey Co, Calif Area: length of Lapis Rd near Salinas R. mouth - good grassland area with Calif. Ground Squirrels Time: 1545-1600 Observers Alan Baldridge, Sadie Brown, Bonnie Bowen, Kim Garrett Species: Red-tailed Hawk 1 Western Meadowlark 10 Rough-legged Hawk 8 Horned Lark 10 Ferruginous Hawk 1 Brewer's Blackbird 10 Am. Kestrel 5 Long-billed Curlew 40 + Monterey harbor, Monterey Co., Calif: Red-necked Grebe (1) Pelagic Cormorant (1), Am.Wigeon (1), Scaup (sp) (2), Black Scoter (1), King Eider (1), Oldsquaw (1), Rock Dove, Black Turnstone. Am Avocet - S. of Moss Landing Canada Goose - 301 Camino Pygmy Nuthatch - Pacific Grove Pablo at # 2130 Brown Towhee - "