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Remsen,
J.V.
1976
Journal
Feb. 13 Fossil Canyon Imperial Co. Calif
Area: road from Ocotillo to where pavement ends, and then drove up wash
at least one mile; mostly barren rocky hillsides with a few scant
bushes along the sides of the wash and a few ocotillo on the hillside.
We were checking out a report of a California Condor from here in Oct,
but the habitat looked extremely unlikely for condor. Time: 1000-1150.
Observers: John Bosworth, Ed Wessman. Temp: 55 Sky: overcast Wind: 0-5 NE
Species: Costal's Hummingbird 1 Rock Wren 4
Sayis Phoebe 1 House Finch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Black-throated Sparrow 2
Feb. 14 Monterey area Monterey Co. Calif
Area: Robinson Cyn; shoreline from Monterey Harbor to Pt. Pinos; Naval P.G.School
Observers: Jon Dunn, Guy McCaslie, Bruce Broadbooks, Kimball Garrett, Shum Suffel
Time: 0530-0600, 0700-1300 Temp: 50-60 Sky: overcast Wind: 0-5
Species: Common Loon 5 Golden Eagle 1
Arctic Loon 75 Am. Kestrel 2
Red-throated Loon 1 Am. Coot 50
Red-necked Grebe 1 Black Oystercatcher 3
Horned Grebe 20 Black-bellied Plover 10
Eared Grebe 10 Surfbird 5
Western Grebe 30 Black Turnstone 25
Pied-billed Grebe 3 Whimbrel 1
Fulmar 75 Spotted Sandpiper 1
Brandt's Cormorant 200 Willet 10
Pelagic Cormorant 50 Marbled Godwit 5
Great Blue Heron 2 Sanderling 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Glaucous-winged Gull 15
Ring-necked Duck 6 Western Gull 200
Canvasback 5 Herring Gull 5
Bufflehead 2 Thayer's Gull 1
White-winged Scoter 5 California Gull 300
Surf Scoter 75 New Gull 20
Ruddy Duck 25 Heermann's Gull 20
Red-breasted Merganser 3 Black-legged Kittiwale 4
Common Merganser (R. Cyn) 1 Common Murne 150
N. Pintail 2 Rhinoceros Auklet 10
Am. Wigeon 4 Rock Dove 25
Cinnamon Teal 2 Great Horned Owl 2
Turkey Vulture 4 N. Pygmy Owl 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Acorn Woodpecker 3