Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Sept. 25 Point Reyes Marin Co, Calif Schooner Bay Area: outer Point Reyes—roads from Rogers Ranch to point; Lighthouse; Fish Docks; Nunes Ranch + adjacent draw; Mendoza Ranch; Drake's Beach; fields adjacent to Drake's Beach Rd - walking from Drake's Beach almost to Sir Francis Drake; Abandoned Ranch Time: 0645-1430 Observers: Linda Hale, Laurence C. Binford, Mille + John Parmeter (+ at least 30 carloads of birders scattered around the point) wind: 0-5 SWW Sky: clear, sunny - some high clouds PM Temp: 55-75 Species: Common Loon 15 Snyls Phoebe 3 Western Grebe 30 Willow Flycatcher 1 Red-billed Grebe 1 Horned Lark 60 [Brown Pelican-10-LH] Barn Swallow 3 Brandt's Cormorant 20 Com. Raven 20 N. Pintail 3 Bushtit (Abandoned Ranch) 4 Am. Wigeon 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 Harlequin Duck 1 Winter Wren 8 Surf Scoter 300 Bewick's Wren 2 Ruddy Duck 2 Hermit Thrush (first arr) 1 Turkey Vulture 25 Varied Thrush 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Swainson's Thrush 3 Cooper's Hawk 4 [West. Bluebird-1-ME] Red-tailed Hawk 7 Golden-crowned Kinglet (first arr.) 1 Northern Harrier 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Water Pipit (first arr) 1 Am. Mestrel 7 Cedar Waxwing 1 Am. Coat 5 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Killdeer 25 Eur. Starling 700 Black-bellied Plover 1 Yellow Warbler 8 Willet 2 Audubon's Warbler 3 Least Sandpiper 4 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Sanderling 125 Ovenbird 1 Northern Phalarope 1 American Redstart lim. Glaucous-winged Gull 2 House Sparrow 50 Western Gull 75 W. Meadowlark 1 Ring-billed Gull 3 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Tricolored Blackbird 1500 Common Murre 700 Brewer's Blackbird 200 Rock Dove 8 Western Tanager 1 Great Horned Owl 2 House Finch 25 [Burrowing Owl-]-LCB, MP] Pine Siskin 30 Am. Goldfinch 40 Lesser Goldfinch 5 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Lawrence's Goldfinch 8 Belted Kingfisher 2 Savannah Sparrow 50 Common Flicker 6 White-crowned Sparrow 50 Black Phoebe 8 Golden-crowned Sparrow (first arr.) 20 Fox Sparrow 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 4 Sept. 28 Point Reyes Area: outer Pt. Reyes from Schooner Bay west - Drake's Beach; Mendoza Ranch; Fish Docks; Nunes Ranch; Lighthouse Observers: Linda Hale, Joe Morlan Time: 0810-1250 Sky: low dense fog at Nunes-Fish Docks-Lighthouse making visibility restricted to a few feet; at other spots very (low overcast) wind: 5-15 S (made birding the cypresses very difficult) misty rain at Fish Docks, Nunes, and second visit to Drake's Beach; ocean observation impossible. Temp: 65 (warm) (A Front was present, coming from N. Pacific.