Monterey Bay Birds for Monday, January 7, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   N. Pygmy Owl   Matt Brady   6:46am   Allen's Hummingbird   DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com   8:32pm   rare loon, Pinto pelicans, and mystery forest   Jeff Davis    6:27pm

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Subject: N. Pygmy Owl
From: "Matt Brady" <zerogambit(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 6:46am

Hi everyone.  After seeing some of the recent highlites in the Bay Area and 
beyond, David Vander Pluym and I decided to stop by Highland Way to see what 
we could turn up in the way of owls.  With all the reports by David 
Suddjian, we thought that it would be worthwhile to see what we could hear.  
At the second spot we pulled over at, which is the first big vista if you're 
coming from Highway 17, we heard one NORTHERN PYGMY OWL calling very 
brieflly at about 6:30.  Although we saw a lot of promissing habitat, we 
didn't hear anything else calling.

Matt Brady
UCSC

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Subject: Allen's Hummingbird
From: DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Jan 2002 8:32pm

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One displaying male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD was in the Australian section of the 
U.C. Santa Cruz arboretum this afternoon (1/7). He was holding forth in 
"Hummingbird Alley" (that stretch of path bordered by the huge grevillea 
shrubs), brave amid the numerous male Anna's.

David Suddjian, Capitola
Santa Cruz Bird Club 
Bird Records Keeper
dsuddjian(AT)aol.com

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Subject: rare loon, Pinto pelicans, and mystery forest
From: Jeff Davis <jeffndavis(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 6:27pm

Hi MBBers --

Laird Henkel and I did an aerial survey today (1/7) along the coast 
from the Pajaro River to Bodega Bay.  Somehow I managed to see what I 
believe was an ARCTIC LOON off North Beach in Marin County where one 
has been seen recently, while Laird noticed a pair of MARBLED 
MURRELETS in the same area.  And we both saw 15-20 AMERICAN WHITE 
PELICANS at Pinto Lake in Watsonville.  We also flew over the Soquel 
Demonstration State Forest, where David Suddjian has reported many 
unusual birds over the past several months.  The habitat looked 
promising, but we saw nothing from our position several hundred feet 
above the trees.  I guess we'll have to go to his talk on the 24th to 
learn more about Santa Cruz's real Mystery Spot.

Jeff Davis
Avery, CA
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