Remsen, J.V. 1977 Journal Monterey area [cont] Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Bush Tit 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Water Pipit 3 Eur. Starling 150 Hutton's Vireo 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Jan. 5 [cont] Audubon's Warbler 6 Brewer's Blackbird 50 Am. Goldfinch 1 Oregon Junco 2 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow (1 morphing) 2 Moss Landing, Monterey Co. Calif. Area: artichoke fields along Molera Rd; Moss Landing harbor from Marine Lab area; Jettty Rd. area ; 2 mudholes; St. Beach pond. Time: 1300 - 1515 Observed: same Wind (5-15 S) SKY: heavy rain Temp: 55 Tide: very low Species: Red-throated Loon 1 Horned Grebe 30 Western Grebe 100 Brown Pelican 30 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Snowy Egret 1 Mallard 3 N. Pintail 1 N. Shoveler 2 scaup (sp) 75 Com. Goldeneye 10 surf Scoter 26 Ruddy Duck 100 Red-breasted Merganser 1 White-tailed Kite 4 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Am. Coot 100 Killdeer 10 Black-bellied Plover 5 Black Turnstone 1 Long-billed Curlew 1 Willett 100 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 Least Sandpiper 20 Marbled Godwit 30 Sanderling 20 Am. Avocet 5 Black-necked Stilt 25 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western Gull 50 Herring Gull 10 Thayer's Gull 1 Calif. Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 10 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Heermann's Gull 30 W. Meadowlark 5 Yellow-headed Blackbird 18 Red-winged Blackbird 25+ Tricolored Blackbird 1+ Brewer's Blackbird 200+ blackbird (sp) 200 Jan. 14 Monterey Bay boat trip, Monterey Co. Calif. Area: due to high seas, we spent only a limited amount of time > 1 mile offshore and most of this was just NW of Pt. Pinos Time: 0930-1130 [rest of the time inshore Pacific Grove]. Observers: Linda Hale, Mike and John Parmeter, Laurence Binford, Ron Branson, Bruce Broadbooks, Debi Robinson, Bill Reese, Wind: (15-25 SW) SKY: overcast, (mostly raining), from gale warning drizzle to some hard squalls. Seas: Some large swells, very choppy Temp: 55-60 Species: Arctic Loon 40 Red-throated Loon 2 Northern Fulmar 3 Pink-footed Shearwater 3 Manx Shearwater 6+ [Ashy Storm-Petrel - 1-MP, LCB etal] Brown Pelican 5 Brandt's Cormorant 25 Red Phalarope 50 Pomarine Jaeger 10 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western Gull 100 Herring Gull 2 Heermann's Gull 200