Remsen, J.V. 1976 Journal Sep. 4 (cont) Golden Gate Nat. Rec. Area, Marin Co., Calif (cont) Brewer's Blackbird 25 Savannah Sparrow 1 Western Tanager 1 Song Sparrow 10 Am. Goldfinch 5 Lesser Goldfinch 1 Sep. 5 Monterey, Monterey Co., Calif. Area: Carmel Rivermouth (wall from Hwy 1 to mouth); Pt. Pinos, Esplanade, Coast Guard Pier. Time: 0800-1335 Observer: Linda Hale SKY: mostly overcast - low clouds Wind: 0-5 W Temp: 60 Species: Brandt's Cormorant 50 Arctic Tern 3 Pelagic Cormorant 50 Band-tailed Pigeon 75 Brown Pelican 25 Mourning Dove 5 Great Blue Heron 1 Anna's Hummingbird 10 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Belded Kingfisher 2 Mallard 30 Acorn Woodpecker 2 Green-winged Teal 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Cinnamon Teal 8 Black Phoebe 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 Violet-green Swallow 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (Pt. Pinos) 1 Barn Swallow 10 Am. Mestrel 1 Corn Crow 30 Calif. Quail 5 Scrub Jay (47 one flight) 55 Virginia Rail 2 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20 Am. Coot 2 Bushtit 20 Black Oystercatcher 3 Pygmy Nuthatch (Riparian) 4 Semipalmated Plover 10 Wrentit 5 Snowy Plover 1 Bewick's Wren 3 Killdeer 5 Com. Starling 30 Black-bellied Plover 20 Hutton's Vireo 4 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Black Turnstone 20 Nashville Warbler 1 Maiden Godwit 5 Yellow Warbler 3 Whimbrel 2 Northern Waterthrush 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Com. Yellowthroat 2 Wandering Tattler 2 Wilson's Warbler 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Willet 5 Red-winged Blackbird 100 Baird's Sandpiper 3 Brewer's Blackbird 75 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 House Finch 120 Western Sandpiper 3 Eme Siskin 1 Least Sandpiper 8 Am. Goldfinch 1 Sanderling 100 Rufous-sided Towhee 2 N. Phalarope 15 Brown Towhee 1 Western Gull 75 Lesser Goldfinch 3 Calif. Gull 75 Savannah Sparrow 3 Heermann's Gull 25 Song Sparrow 25 Elegant Tern 15 Comments: Migrant landbirds very scarce. Sulinas River Mouth, Monterey Co., Calif. Time: 1415-1630 SKY: overcast Wind: 5-10 W Temp: 60 Observer: L. Hale Species: Western Grebe 1 White-tailed Nite 6 Sooty Shearwater 200 Am. Mestrel 1 Brown Pelican 30 Semipalmated Plover 20 N. Pintail 15 Snowy Plover 20 N. Harrier 1 Killdeer 1