There are 49 birds in the list below. 1. Forster's Tern,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,Most forster's terns in summer plumage.
2. Greater Yellowlegs,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,19th added greater yellowlegs
3. Long-billed Dowitcher,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,a few Dowitchers that were rusty with barred flanks but I thought their not was not like LB
4. Ruddy Turnstone,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,At very high tide a horned lark landed at "Betty Point" among surfbirds 2 spp turnstone and know and whimbrel.
5. Black Turnstone,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,At very high tide a horned lark landed at "Betty Point" among surfbirds 2 spp turnstone and know and whimbrel.
6. Red Knot,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,At very high tide a horned lark landed at "Betty Point" among surfbirds 2 spp turnstone and know and whimbrel.
7. Whimbrel,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,At very high tide a horned lark landed at 'Betty Point' among surfbirds 2 spp turnstone and know and whimbrel.
8. Gambel's Quail,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,The Gambel's quail "rooster" I heard turned out to be in hen's plumage!
9. Red-breasted Merganser,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,60 RB mergansers
10. Brown Pelican,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
11. Heermann's Gull,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,intense + frenzied feeding.
12. Greater Roadrunner,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,The roadrunner runs rapidly -- doesn't come for handouts. Sits on housetops and "coos."
13. Dunlin,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,scarce but black-bellied
14. Great Blue Heron,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,9 b herons
15. Snowy Egret,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,9 snowy egrets on the reef
16. Osprey,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,on roof
17. Least Sandpiper,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,"peeps" 19th
18. American Oystercatcher,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,2
19. Willet,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
20. Surfbird,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,At very high tide a horned lark landed at 'Betty Point' among surfbirds 2 spp turnstone and know and whimbrel.
21. Red Knot,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,abundant
22. American Kestrel,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,dunes male
23. American Avocet,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,20th
24. Black-bellied Plover,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,summer plumage
25. Wandering Tattler,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
26. Mourning Dove,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
27. Spotted Sandpiper,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
28. House Sparrow,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
29. Western Meadowlark,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
30. Common Yellowthroat,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
31. European Starling,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
32. Black-headed Gull,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
33. Least Tern,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
34. Royal Tern,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
35. Elegant Tern,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
36. Great-tailed Grackle,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
37. Loggerhead Shrike,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
38. Lesser Nighthawk,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,"Texas nighthawk"
39. Bonaparte's Gull,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,The 20th -- a beautiful adult Bonaparte's gull.
40. Ring-billed Gull,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
41. Say's Phoebe,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,singing
42. Marbled Godwit,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,15 on beach
43. Eared Grebe,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
44. Double-Crested Cormorant,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
45. Burrowing Owl,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
46. Northern Mockingbird,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,Near Davis's earlier also
47. Long-billed Curlew,4/15/1981,Estero Morua
48. Sanderling,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,winter plumage 44
49. Barn Swallow,4/15/1981,Estero Morua,16th 20th noisy