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Location Pt. Reyes--Outer Point
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Owner Adrian Hinkle

Other Participating eBirders

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  7 mi

Checklist Comments

Day notes:
Today with Ethan Monk was our best day ever on the OP. The whole forecast for late last week through this week looked bleh, with first sunny & calm, then cloudy but w/nw winds. But Saturday, Sunday, and Monday all delivered birds - including a particularly impressive haul on Monday despite fog and light w winds (4-8mph overnight). Tuesday looked similar - slightly higher winds than Sun->Mon night, but the forecasters had been overestimating how windy it would be, and we hoped fog would lift into high overcast.

Indeed our hopes were met. We arrived around 6:40am to the lighthouse, still just getting light, to high overcast and light nw winds 5-10mph. Immediately Swainson's Thrushes were calling overhead, and soon we had an excellent lighthouse visit with a few vagrants and several Townsend's, Yellow Warbler, thrushes, Chipping Sparrow, Laz, etc. Ran into Mark Butler and Jim White. Then we did Fish Docks which was spectacular - 4 continuing and 2 new vagrants. Then did Nunes (slow), Mendoza & Junior Mendoza, Spaletta, Drakes, Hall Ranch, then back to lupine swales before lighthouse around 4pm, lighthouse until 5pm. Decided at last minute to scrap RCA and go to new willows for end of day. Arrived at 5:30pm and immediately found the whip!! Ended the day as it got dark, watching it flycatching with Barn Owls sweeping past overhead. Truly incredible.

Totals

83
Species Observed
+2 other taxa, 3,371 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Mallard

    Number observed:  10

  2. California Quail

    Number observed:  20

  3. Eurasian Collared-Dove

    Number observed:  10

  4. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  1

  5. Eastern/Mexican Whip-poor-will

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Ethan Monk and I found this bird at the end of the day. Many photos. Female.

  6. Anna's Hummingbird

    Number observed:  7

  7. Virginia Rail

    Number observed:  1

  8. Sanderling

    Number observed:  350

  9. Heermann's Gull

    Number observed:  400

  10. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  10

  11. Western Gull

    Number observed:  100

  12. California Gull

    Number observed:  400

  13. Eared Grebe

    Number observed:  1

  14. Red-throated Loon

    Number observed:  1

  15. Pacific Loon

    Number observed:  4

  16. Common Loon

    Number observed:  2

  17. Brandt's Cormorant

    Number observed:  300

  18. Pelagic Cormorant

    Number observed:  10

  19. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  2

  20. Great Egret

    Number observed:  3

  21. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  2

  22. Brown Pelican

    Number observed:  100

  23. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  12

  24. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  1

  25. Broad-winged Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Fish Docks

  26. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Tally

  27. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  12

  28. Ferruginous Hawk

    Number observed:  1

  29. American Barn Owl

    Number observed:  5

  30. Great Horned Owl

    Number observed:  4

  31. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

  32. Northern Flicker

    Number observed:  1

  33. American Kestrel

    Number observed:  4

  34. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1

  35. Western Wood-Pewee

    Number observed:  1

  36. Willow Flycatcher

    Number observed:  2

  37. Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)

    Number observed:  1

  38. Black Phoebe

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    Tally

  39. Say's Phoebe

    Number observed:  5

  40. Tropical Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    At Hall Ranch. New bird?

  41. Hutton's Vireo

    Number observed:  1

  42. Warbling Vireo

    Number observed:  4

  43. California Scrub-Jay

    Number observed:  1

  44. Common Raven

    Number observed:  30

  45. Bushtit

    Number observed:  8

    Details

    Photos

  46. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  2

  47. Rock Wren

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Tally

  48. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  3

  49. Bewick's Wren

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    Tally

  50. European Starling

    Number observed:  50

  51. Western Bluebird

    Number observed:  10

  52. Swainson's Thrush

    Number observed:  10

    Details

    Exact count

  53. Hermit Thrush

    Number observed:  3

  54. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  6

  55. American Pipit

    Number observed:  0

    Details

    weird; none.

  56. House Finch

    Number observed:  30

  57. Lesser Goldfinch

    Number observed:  2

  58. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  15

  59. Chipping Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

  60. Fox Sparrow (Sooty)

    Number observed:  4

  61. White-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  150

    Details

    Expected

  62. Golden-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  10

  63. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  45

  64. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  50

    Details

    Common

  65. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Number observed:  6

  66. Western Meadowlark

    Number observed:  2

  67. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  30

  68. Tricolored Blackbird

    Number observed:  700

    Details

    Abundant

  69. Brewer's Blackbird

    Number observed:  300

  70. Black-and-white Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Cont. at fish docks since yesterday

  71. Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens)

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    Counted

  72. Nashville Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  73. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  2

  74. American Redstart

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Cont. at fish docks + lighthouse since yesterday

  75. Magnolia Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Cont. at fish docks since yesterday

    Media

  76. Blackburnian Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Found @ fish docks in same tree with Prairie, Black-and-white

  77. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  20

    Details

    Estimate

  78. Chestnut-sided Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Cont. at lighthouse since at least Saturday?

  79. Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Mendoza main part across from house, new bird vs. weekend based on photos by Ethan.

  80. Palm Warbler (Western)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    At Drakes, spotted by M. Butler

  81. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  5

  82. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)

    Number observed:  3

  83. Prairie Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Cont. at fish docks for 4 days or so.

  84. Black-throated Gray Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  85. Townsend's Warbler

    Number observed:  30

    Details

    Estimate

  86. Lazuli Bunting

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Lighthouse, Fish Docks, Mendoza, and 2 at Spaletta. Weird wave today!!

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