Field notes, v1549
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Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Aug.28 willet 100 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Curlew 5 Whimbrel 4 Marbled Godwit 30 Short-billed Dowitcher 10 Red Knot 3 Western Sandpiper 2000 Sanderling 200 Am. Avocet 25 Western Gull 25 Calif. Gull 5 Ring-billed Gull 5 Heermann's Gull 2 Mourning Dove 2 Rock Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Barn Swallow 1 House Finch 3 Song Sparrow 4 Elegant Tern 60 Common Tern 35 Forster's Tern 75 + Doolittle Pond Alameda: Bufflehead 18 Aug.30 Point Reyes, Marin Co., Calif Area: Fish Dock (looking for a Prairie Warbler which was seen here yesterday and this morning) Mendoza Pond + roads on outer point Time: 1515-1815 Wind: 15-25 N (land-birding nearly impossible) Temp: ?60-70 Sky: clear, sunny Observers: Linda Hale, James Wolstencroft, Donna Ditlmann Species: Common Loon 3 small loon 2 Brown Pelican 2 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Surf Scoter 75 Red-breasted Merganser 2♀ Red-tailed Hawk 4 (N. Harrier -1- JW) Am. Kestrel 1 Kildeer 1 Northern Phalarope 3 West. Gull 25 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 California Gull 2 Heermann's Gull 2 Com. Murre 1 Pigeon Guillemot 2 Barn Swallow 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (only migrant seen) Eur. Starling 20 Red-winged Blackbird 2 House Finch 1 Am. Goldfinch 5 White-crowned Sparrow 25 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Sept. 1 Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif Area: boardwalk of Jewel Lake (looking for a Canada Warbler seen here Aug.30) Time: 0655-0750 Observers: Linda Hale, James Wolstencroft Temp: 55-60 Sky: overcast Wind: 0-5 W Species: Band-tailed Pigeon 5 Mourning Dove 5 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Com. Flicker 2 Black Phoebe 1 W. Wood Pewee 2 Willow Flycatcher 1 West. Flycatcher 4 Scrub Jay 2 Steller's Jay 8 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Bushtit 1 Winter Wren 1 (early) Berich's Wren 2 Calif. Thrasher 1 Wrentit 4 Cedar-Waxwing 2 Am. Robin 2 Swainson's Thrush 8 Hutton's Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Wilson's Warbler 3 Red-winged Blackbird 75 Purple Finch 1 West. Tanager 1 House Finch 1 Erie Siskin 1 Am. Goldfinch 3 Lesser Goldfinch 2 (Red-tailed) Towhee 2 Brown Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 3 Rubber Boa 1