There are 36 birds in the list below. 1. Great Blue Heron,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,Great Blue Heron sitting on the rail of the house just east of us. Cooling himself? Noon also the next day.
2. Osprey,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,Two ospreys on our poles + one n the new boat-hook erected by Daleys.
3. Common Yellowthroat,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,New one at our house
4. American Kestrel,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,sparrow hawk at Chonita's.
5. Elegant Tern,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,15 Elegant Terns flying SE (Monday AM) across land frm the estuary.
6. Forster's Tern,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,Sept 2 3
7. Brown Pelican,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,many brown pelicans
8. Brown Booby,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,dead br. booby
9. Belted Kingfisher,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
10. Loggerhead Shrike,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,near house 2-3 sept
11. Ruddy Turnstone,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
12. Black Turnstone,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,2
13. Long-billed Curlew,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
14. Whimbrel,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
15. Spotted Sandpiper,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
16. Willet,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
17. Wandering Tattler,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,Sept 2 Wandering Tattler!! (2)
18. Sanderling,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
19. Marbled Godwit,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
20. Western Gull,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
21. Heermann's Gull,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
22. Caspian Tern,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
23. Mourning Dove,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
24. Black Tern,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,immature black terns
25. Burrowing Owl,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
26. Say's Phoebe,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
27. Common Raven,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
28. Cactus Wren,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
29. Le Conte's Thrasher,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
30. Savannah Sparrow,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,Abundant savannah sparrows.
31. Black Phoebe,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,sept 2 NEW
32. Gambel's Quail,8/31/1979,Estero Morua
33. Greater Roadrunner,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,at cabin on way from town
34. Barn Swallow,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,We snorkelled (spell?) in estero--the 3rd of Sept especially. Then a flock of Barn Swallows and some Trees (few) showed up all over the place. The tree swallows are new here making it the 127 spp for us from the estuary environs + 2 new species this trip (Yellowthroat + tree swallow). Saw some BB plovers in summer plumage. Checked: there are a half dozen immature Black Terns around.
35. Tree Swallow,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,We snorkelled (spell?) in estero--the 3rd of Sept especially. Then a flock of Barn Swallows and some Trees (few) showed up all over the place. The treeswallows are new here making it the 127 spp for us from the estuary environs + 2 new species this trip (Yellowthroat + tree swallow). Saw some BB plovers in summer plumage. Checked: there are a half dozen immature Black Terns around.
36. Black-bellied Plover,8/31/1979,Estero Morua,We snorkelled (spell?) in estero--the 3rd of Sept especially. Then a flock of Barn Swallows and some Trees (few) showed up all over the place. The treeswallows are new here making it the 127 spp for us from the estuary environs + 2 new species this trip (Yellowthroat + tree swallow). Saw some BB plovers in summer plumage. Checked: there are a half dozen immature Black Terns around.