Field notes, v1547
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Remsen, J.N. 1976 June 3 Ventura to Santa Barbara Island Boat Trip, Ventura + LA Cos, Calif : Areg: From 1 mile off Ventura, Moving to 1 mile off Santa Barbara Island Time: 0600 - 1950 Wind: O AM; 5-15 NW PM Sea: fairly calm AM; choppy SKy: sunny PM; overcast AM Observers: Kimball Garrett, Jon Dunn, Guy Phil Unitt, Wayne Arnett, Shym Suffel, Hal Baxter, Paul Lehman, Louis Bevier, Larry Balch (Chicago), Terry Clark, Barry Clark, Don Roberson Species: Arctic Loon 4 Western Gull Northern Fulmar 25 Heermann's Gull Pink-footed Shearwater 75 Franklin's Gull Sooty Shearwater 1500 Black-legged Kittiwale Ashy Storm-Petrel 7 Arctic Tern Black Storm-Petrel 5 Xantus' Murrelet Brown Pelican 10 Ancient Murrelet Surf Scoter 5->N Rhinoceros Auklet Red Phalarope 8 Cassin's Auklet South Polar Skua 1 land bird (sp) Pomarine Jaeger 5 Sabine's Gull Pigeon Guillemot Santa Barbara Island, Santa Barbara Co., Calif + wstr < 1 mi. fr Areg: Three Coreopsis canyons on SE side of island; very little green growth on the island - barren and dry - doesn't appear capable of holding any migrants for very long. Time: 1100 - 1430 Temp: 75 SKy: Sunny Wind: O-2 W. Species: Sooty Shearwater 2 W. Wood Pewee 2 N. Fulmar 1 Horned Lark 5 Brown Pelican 5 Burrowing Owl - 1 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Am. Mestrel 2 Townsend's Warbler - 1 Black Oystercatcher 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 Western Gull 150 Close-breasted Grosbeak - 18 Franklin's Gull (same birds) 2 House Finch 2 Xantus' Murrelet (nest) 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 Island Night Lizard 1 June 5 Morongo Valley, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Areg: Big Morongo Wildlife Refuge Time: 0700-0945 Observers: Andy Sanders, Paul Temp: 60-70 SKy: clear Wind: O Species: Gambell's Quail 5 ad 20 juvs. W. Wood Pewee Am. Coot 2 ads 3 juvs. Bushtit Virginii Rail 2 Verdini Sora 1 Bewick's Wren Mourning Dove 15 N. Mockingbird Greater Road runner 1 Swainson's Thrush Great Horned Owl 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher White-throated Swift 5 Phainopepla Black-chinned Hummingbud 2 Bellis Vireo 1 (N/c) Costals Hummingbird 8 Warbling Vireo 4 Nutall's Woodpecker 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Ladder-backed woodpecker 5 Yellow Warbler 1 Wied's Crested Flycatcher 2 Com. Yellowthroat 2 Ash-throated Flycatcher 6 Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Willow Flycatcher 1 House Sparrow 6 Western Flycatcher 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2