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Dec. 7, 1950, Morro Bay, S. Luis Obispo Co. Calif. 0810-0905 PST.
2 mi. L-,RW-
Arctic Loon - 1
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe - 37
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican - 3
Farallon Cormorant - 6
American Egret - 10
Snowy Egret - 2
Canada Goose - 26
Black Brant - a total of about 9,800 in 3 main bunches in east and central bay areas. Localites state the brant arrived soon after mid-November. Depart late Feb & Mar.
Mallard - 180
Pintails - 250
Green-winged Teal - 60
Buffleheads - 4 in winter plumage
Surf Scoters
American Mergansers - 7, 1 oil soaked.
Coots - 400-500
Killdeer
Godwit - 850-900 in one solid pack, and about 850 others.
Willet - 800-1,000 feeding in Salicornia Bay areas.
Long-billed Curlew - 50
Red-backed Sandpiper - 150
Western and Least Sandpipers - 5-6,000
Avocets - 350-400
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Kingfisher
Black Phoebe
Say Phoebe - 2
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows
Golden-crowned Sparrow
S. Diego Song Sparrow
Dec. 7, 1950 - Morro Bay to Atascadero, S. Luis Obispo Co. Calif. 0905-0925 PST. L-.
Sparrow Hawk
Say Phoebe - 2
L. California Jay
Meadowlark
Brewer Blackbird
Purple Finch
Common Goldfinches flock in canyon
Brown Towhee
Lark Sparrow - flocks - 5-35, each.
Oregon Juncos
Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows