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ogs well
1949
journal
43
June 19 Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., Calif. Drove here from Albany. Left there at 11:55 AM, stopped for picnic lunch, came via San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz, Watsonville with three brief stops enroute, the last at Moss Landing; arrived Pac. Grove about 4:20 PM. Weather was clear & comfortably warm all the way; nice sea breeze this side of Santa Cruz Mts. Near summit of pass between Los Gatos & Santa Cruz sides we stopped in redwoods for a moment in mid-PM. The only bird voice heard was Larus refescens. At Moss Landing there were 10-15 Sterna forsteri fishing in the lagoon, 15-20 Larus occidentalis (including 2+ ads), 1+ Larus californicus or delawarensis, 1 Nycticorax nycticorax, and 100+ shearwaters of undetermined species. These last were within easy binocular range offshore but against the PM sun nothing but silhouettes could be seen. They were small & probably either Ruffines griseus or opisthomelas. At dusk we stopped by the shore at foot of 17th St. in Pacific Grove & saw a flock of 50+ shearwaters on the water not over 1/5 mi. out.
(see also species account of Clamys leucurus)
June 20 to July 31} Pacific Grove, Monterey Co., Calif. and field trips to nearby points as indicated. No daily journal of activities was kept order. This period because of the pressure of duties in connection with course on