Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Sept. 11 Monterey Bay boat trip, Monterey Co., Calif. Aeg: From 1 mi off Pt. Car. Grove W of Pt. Pinos ~ 5 miles and then N to Monterey Submarine Canyon and then E over canyon to near Moss Landing to looM for petrel flocks (not present). Time: 0830-1445 Wind: 0-5 W (AM); 5-15 W (PM) water: fairly calm and flat AM; became rough and choppy PM sky: overcast AM, clear-sunny PM. Observers: Joe Morlan, Linda Hale, Ron Branson, Art Edwards, George Bing, James A. Lane, Peter White, Peter Villmann Species: Black-footed Albatross 8 Northern Phalarope 100 Pink-footed Shearwater 200 Pomarine Jaeger 25 Buller's Shearwater 60 Parasitic Jaeger 2 Sooty Shearwater 5000 Western Gull 300 Mana Shearwater 1 Calif. Gull 75 Ashy Petrel 400 Heermann's Gull 10 Black Petrel 10 Sabine's Gull 8 Brown Pelican 15 Com. Murre 25 Brandt's Cormorant 10 Craveri's Murrelet 6 Black Turnstone (→N) 3 Xantus'/Craven's Murrelet 18 Red Phalarope 2 Cassin's Auklet 300 Common Tern 1 Rhinoceros Auklet 4 Arctic Tern 150 +Carmel River mouth: Baird's Sandpiper 2 Sept. 12 Monterey aqeg, Monterey Co., Calif Aeg: walk from Hwy 1 along Carmel River to its mouth; Carmel River Beach; Pt. Pinos - Crespi Pond; Esplanade Observers: Linda Hale Time: 0720-1400 Temp: 60-70 sky: overcast wind: 0-5 Comments: conditions looked ideal for vagrants but the Carmel R. had not a single vagrant and Crespi Pond had only a Chestnut-sided, on this same day there were dozens of vagrants on Pt. Reyes Species: Arctic Loon 4 Wandering Tattler 2 Sooty Shearwater 300 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Brown Pelican 50 Willet 6 Brandt's Cormorant 50 Marbled Godwit 3 Pelagic Cormorant 1 Whimbrel 10 Great Blue Heron 1 West. Sandpiper 15 Green Heron 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 Northern Phalarope 1 Mallard 10 West. Gull 100 Gadwall 1 Calif. Gull 200 N. Pintail 3 Heermann's Gull 500 ? Blue-winged Teal 3 Bonapartes Gull 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Arctic Tern 15 Accipiter (sp) 1 Common /Arctic Tern 15 Am. Kestrel 1 Elegant Tern 200 Calif. Quail 5 Com. Murre 300 Virginia Rail 1 Band-tailed Pigeon 10 Sora 1 Rock Dove 5 Am. Coot 4 Mourning Dove 10 Killdeer 3 Vaux's Swift 2 Black-bellied Plover 2 Anna's Hummingbird 10 Am. Golden Plover (fulug) 1 Selasphorus (sp) 1 Ruddy Turnstone 5 Belted Kingfisher 3 Black Turnstone 15 Downy Woodpecker 2