Field notes, v1547
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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