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Monterey Bay Birds for Sunday, January 13, 2002
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Subject: Re: Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Thursday January 10,
2002
From: Jeff Haferman <Jeff_Haferman(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 13 Jan 2002 3:31pm
I apologize in advance if this is an inappropriate issue for this
mailing list (and if it is, "gently" let me know), but has anybody
here been following the developments with the proposed "Ocean View
Plaza" (formerly known as "Cannery Row Marketplace")?
The only reason I bring it up here is because the developers are proposing
to use desalinization for their water supply, and I'm wondering
what type of issues there might be with de-sal and wildlife?
Jeff
Bill Hill wrote:
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>Monterey:
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>One of the two male HARLEQUIN DUCKS was seen today between the Chart House
>and El Torrito. The bird was with a group of Scoters right outside the kelp
>line. [Rob Fowler]
>
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Subject: Re: Some Santa Cruz wanderings
From: Pacekiner(AT)aol.com
Date: 13 Jan 2002 8:08pm
In a message dated 1/13/02 4:27:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com writes:
<< We were finally chased away by the trio of resident CANADA
GEESE...really, we were.
>>
The most vicious trio of CANADA GEESE I've ever encountered. But, if ya'll
want my version of the story, let me know!!!!
;o)
Paula Kiner
Watsonville
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Subject: North Coast birds
From: Lois Goldfrank <loisg(AT)sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us>
Date: 13 Jan 2002 5:38pm
What a beautiful day! We headed up to the north end of Swanton Rd.,
stopping at the old Davenport pier where we counted at least 14
RED-THROATED LOONS just off- shore. Along the side of the highway, a
TURKEY VULTURE was eating breakfast.
A singing HUTTON'S VIREO , first of the season, drew our attention on
Swanton Rd..
Last Chance Rd. had WESTERN BLUEBIRDS on the wires, a HERMIT WARBLER in
with the TOWNSEND'S, and a MERLIN perched high on the top of a tree.
Back on Swanton we stopped at a trail beside the creek and had 4
VARIED THRUSH flying silently off in front of us.
The pond at the south end had the usual RING-NECKEDS, a male RUDDY in
breeding plumage, 2 EARED GREBES, and a female BUFFLEHEAD .
A quick stop at the UCSC Arboretum turned up a couple of ALLEN'S
HUMMINGBIRDS and a young COOPER'S HAWK. And on a final walk down the
access road to Natural Bridges we watched a GREAT-HORNED OWL watching
people watching butterflies.
Lois and Wally Goldfrank
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Subject: Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Sunday January 13, 2002
From: "Bill Hill" <billhill(AT)redshift.com>
Date: 13 Jan 2002 7:42pm
This report is a transcript of the new messages on the Monterey Bay Area
Birdbox. The Birdbox is brought to you by the Monterey Peninsula Audubon
Society and can be reached at 831 626-6605.
Birds in this report:
Horned Puffin
Monterey Bay:
A HORNED PUFFIN was seen from a Monterey Bay Whale Watch boat today. The
bird flew by about a mile and three quarters west of Point Pinos. Two
ANCIENT MURRELET were seen just off of the north side of Point Pinos. [Steve
Bailey]
The Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society has a web site at
http://montereyaudubon.org/ . The site has announcements about field trips
and meetings and other great info for birders.
another non-profit site with much information about local birding is Don
Roberson's "Creagrus" web site at http://montereybay.com/creagrus Go to his
"Monterey County" page for a portal to local birding sites, or try the
"links" page to reach various pelagic boat trip operators and providers of
local birding services on Elkhorn Slough and elsewhere.
Pleas report your sightings to the Birdbox at 831-626-6605 not to our email
addresses. If you have questions about this transcript or need information
on birding the Monterey area, feel free to email me at billhill(AT)redshift.com
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Subject: Whale Watch, Gulling, and Tufted Duck
From: SCRE(AT)aol.com
Date: 13 Jan 2002 11:48pm
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Matt Brady and I did a two hour Whale Watch Tripout of Monterey today.=C2=
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Highlightsincluded a PIGEON GUILLEMOT, SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER, and several=20
BLACK-LEGGEDKITTIWAKES along with good numbers of GRAY WHALES.=C2=A0 Also on=
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beach west of the Hopkins Marine Station was anELEPHANT SEAL.=C2=A0=20
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As we were driving by we noticed a large gull flockat Moss Landing off Jetty=
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Road so we decided to make a quick stop.=C2=A0 There we found 3+ Thayer's Gu=
ll and=20
had aMERLIN fly over.=C2=A0 Including a couplethat we could recognize as hav=
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been here the couple times we have stoppedhere in the past week.=C2=A0 An=20
interestingnote; when we had the Kumlien's Iceland Gull there was also about=
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20 Thayer'sGulls in the flock.=C2=A0 Since then we havestopped by Jetty Road=
to=20
see if we could relocate the gulls a couple times and haveonly had a maximum=
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of just over 5 with up to 3 adults.=C2=A0 Also there is a GLAUCOUS-WINGED hy=
brid=20
thatI have seen there twice which made me take a second look at it to make=20
sure itwasn't the Kumlien's.=C2=A0 I am nowconvinced that we did have a Vega=
Gull.=20
=C2=A0I have been looking at many gull pictures online along with birdsat Mo=
ss=20
Landing=C2=A0 and while I have seensome American Herring Gulls that almost m=
ade me=20
do a double take (includingtoday where there were 2 showing some Vega like=20
features) but none matched thebird that we had that closely.=C2=A0=20
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We made a quick stop by to see the TUFTED DUCKwithout using the bins.=C2=A0=20=
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also found 2GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the pond.=C2=A0I may have almost=20
witnessed the demise of the Tufted Duck.=C2=A0 It made a dive and was down f=
or a=20
while whenI saw a very quick glimpse of the gleaming white side and only the=
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side in thewater as the bird floundered for a second at the surface before=20
going downagain.=C2=A0 When it surfaced again itimmediately flew off to the=20=
other=20
side of the pond.=C2=A0 Perhaps a fish got it from below?
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Oh also yesterday at across the street fromMoonglow Dairy in a large CANADA=20
GOOSE flock was 2 SNOW/ROSS=E2=80=99s and a GREATERWHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.=C2=
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PELICANSflew over and there was another WHITE PELICAN at College Lake along=20
with 2HOODED MERGANSERS.
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David Vander Pluym
UCSC
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