Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Nov. 9 Holland Tract, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Area: pig farm on Holland Tract Rd + road to Holland Tract Pheasant Club Time: 0930-1045 Wind: 0 Sky: clear, some high clouds, sunny Temp: 62 Observers: Linda Hale, Garth Alton Species: Red-tailed Hawk 2 Am. Mestrel 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Am. Coot 50 Killdeer 1 Herring Gull 50 Thayer's Gull 10 Calif. Gull 200 Ring-billed Gull 1000 Mew Gull 1 Rock Dove 25 Com. Flicker 5 Black Phoebe 1 Com. Crow 2 Scrub Jay 1 N. Mockingbird 1 Varied Thrush 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eur. Starlings 500 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Audubon's Warbler 1 Com. Yellowthroat 1 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Brewer's Blackbird 25 House Finch 1 Rufous-sided Towhee 5 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Am. Goldfinch 2 Lake Merritt, Oakland, Alameda Co., Calif Area: Embarcadero end of Lake to the zoo Observers: Linda Hale Time: 1300-1430 Wind: 0 Temp: 70 Sky: clear, sunny some high clouds Species: Eared Grebe 5 West. Grebe 1 Pied-billed Grebe 15 Brown Pelican 15 Double-crested Cormorant 260 Great Egret 4 Snowy Egret 2 [Black-crowned Night Heron - 1- LH] Mallard (? many females?) 4+ N. Pintail 4 N. Shoveler 1 Canvasback 200 Tufted Duck 2 Greater Scaup 20 Lesser Scaup 500 Com. Goldeneye 15 Barrow's Goldeneye [28, 17] 3 Bufflehead 20 White-winged Scoter 3 Surf Scoter 10 Ruddy Duck 300 Am. Coot 300 Glaucous-winged Gull 5 West. Gull 10 Thayer's Gull 1 Calif. Gull 15 Ring-billed Gull 150 Mew Gull 10 Forster's Tern 1 Rock Dove 100 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 3 Audubon's Warbler 1 House Sparrow 25 Nov. 13 Monterey area, Monterey Co., California Area: Carmel River from Hwy 1 to near mouth, 0800-1230; Pt. Pinos - Crespi Pond area (1300-1545 - 2hrs 13/4 hrs sea watch); Hopkins Marine Station Coast Guard Pier . Time: 0750-1700 Observers: Linda Hale, Dick Erickson, Brian McCaffery Wind: 2-10 W Sky: clear, sunny Temp: 60-65 Water: at Pt. Pinos - no chop but enormous swells limited horizon Species: Common Loon 10 Arctic Loon 1900 Red-throated Loon 4 Western Grebe 100 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Northern Fulmar 20 (1 white) New Zealand Shearwater 2 Sooty Shearwater 12