Monterey Bay Birds for Monday, January 21, 2002

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Subject: Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Monday  January 21, 2002
From: "Bill Hill" <billhill(AT)redshift.com>
Date: 21 Jan 2002 8:35pm

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:

Brant
Osprey
Merlin
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Harlequin Duck

Moss Landing Area:

Today there was a BRANT at the Elkhorn Slough Wildlife Area in with some
Canada Geese out towards the Caspian Tern colony.  There was also an OSPREY
and a MERLIN in the area.  A the Salinas River mouth, there was one SNOW
GOOSE in with the Gull flock on the sandbar.  At the salt ponds, two SNOW
GEESE continue to be seen with a flock of Canada Geese back towards Elkhorn
Ranch.  Panning back towards Highway One, there were 7 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE.  At Jetty Road, four BRANT were on the north side of the road.  [Rick
Fournier]

Monterey:

Today, the continuing male LONG-TAILED DUCK was about 1/4 mile north of the
Monterey Beach Hotel.  [Blake Matheson]

A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen sitting on a buoy in the outer harbor between
Fisherman's Wharf and the breakwater.  It provided nice views from the
recreation trail during the middle of the day. [Alan Baldridge]

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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