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90 Species at 2 Locations
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Gadwall CGP
Mallard CGP
Harlequin Duck CGP
And suddenly, there were three Harlequin Ducks swimming along like twenty feet from the sidewalk. I was so excited all I could yell was "Ducks! Ducks! Ducks!" I tried to make a digiscoping picture, which was a mistake. I ended up with a lousy picture and no real experience of observing the birds. Happily I had a more leisurely observation in nearly the same spot a few years later.
Loons
Grebes
Pelicans
Cormorants
Bitterns and Herons
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Caracaras and Falcons
Merlin CGP
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Plovers
Killdeer CGP
Stilts and Avocets
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Willet CGP
Dunlin CGP
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Mew Gull CGP
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Pigeons and Doves
Hummingbirds
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Jays and Crows
Chickadees and Titmice
Kinglets
Thrushes
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
Wood-Warblers
Black-throated Blue Warbler SC
Following an email report, we tramped around to the back porch of some lucky person's apartment and found this glorious bird flitting around the backyard trees.
Emberizids
Blackbirds
Northern Finches
Old World Sparrows
Coast Guard Pier, CA = CGP
Santa Cruz, CA = SC
Trip Notes
The weather was fabulous, and we had four life birds today, which more than made up for the rare flycatcher we didn't see in Santa Cruz.
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