Elkhorn Slough Bird Sightings 9/7/12

Elkhorn Slough Reserve (NERR), Monterey, US-CA
Sep 7, 2012 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     in additon to birds we saw deer, rabbies, lizards and a leopard shark
40 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  8
California Quail  7
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Pelagic Cormorant  3
Brown Pelican  7
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  5
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  36
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Marbled Godwit  43
Least Sandpiper  23
phalarope sp.  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Western Gull  6
Elegant Tern  3
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Barn Owl  2
Anna’s Hummingbird  2
Acorn Woodpecker  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Black Phoebe  2
Steller’s Jay  2
Western Scrub-Jay  5
American Crow  9
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  9
Oak Titmouse  2
Bewick’s Wren  2
Western Bluebird  4
European Starling  4
Orange-crowned Warbler  3
Spotted Towhee  1
California Towhee  5
Song Sparrow  8
House Finch  9
Lesser Goldfinch  12

 

Sightings 8/31/2012

Elkhorn Slough Reserve (NERR), Monterey, US-CA
Aug 31, 2012 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
36 species

Mallard  12
California Quail  3
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Pelagic Cormorant  1
Brown Pelican  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  1
White-tailed Kite  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Black-bellied Plover  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  11
Marbled Godwit  9
Least Sandpiper  23
Ring-billed Gull  1
Western Gull  4
Anna’s Hummingbird  1
Acorn Woodpecker  4
Black Phoebe  3
Western Scrub-Jay  6
American Crow  9
Barn Swallow  3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  4
Oak Titmouse  1
Bushtit  7
Western Bluebird  7
Spotted Towhee  3
California Towhee  7
Song Sparrow  8
Dark-eyed Junco  3
House Finch  13
Lesser Goldfinch  14

 

January 8th sightings from Kirby Park

Here’s a few bird sightings from January 8th at Kirby Park on Elkhorn Road sent in by Rick Francona:

American widgens, belted kingfisher, common Yellowthroat, curlews, marbled godwit, killdeer

See the rest of his images here

 

Green Heron

Sent in by Rich Roberts 12/28/11:

Superb sighting this morning – perched on a dead tree limb over a lagoon – of an immature Green Heron on the way back from Hummingbird Island