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This is the transcript of the new messages on the Monterey Bay Area Birdbox.
This report is paraphrased for the sake of brevity. If you wish to hear the
entire report, please call the Birdbox at 831-626-6605

Birds in this report:

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Ross's Goose
Prairie Falcon
Ancient Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Black-vented Shearwater
American Bittern
White-winged Scoter
Black-legged Kittiwake
Thick-billed Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Red-naped Sapsucker
Swamp Sparrow
Sage Thrasher
White-throated Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Evening Grosbeak
Crested Caracara
Eurasian Collared Dove



Pebble Beach:

Two ROSS'S GEESE, one SNOW GOOSE and one CACKLING GOOSE were seen on the
golf course just north of Point Joe [Chris Hartzell]

Carmel Highlands:

2 SNOW GEESE were in the horse corral across from the Hudson Field just
north of Point Lobos today. [Chris Hartzell]

Moss Landing:

A PRAIRIE FALCON was seen in the Eucalyptus Grove at the west end of the
Packard Property along Highway One today. [Rick Fournier]

Pacific Grove:

A large flock of Murrelets passing Point Pinos today contained at least 57
ANCIENT MURRELET and 9 MARBLED MURRELET. 800+ BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER were
also reported. [Brian Sullivan]

Big Sur:

Highlights of a very good CBC included: AMERICAN BITTERN, WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER , PRAIRIE FALCON, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, MARBLED
MURRELET, RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, SWAMP SPARROW, SAGE THRASHER, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, SLATE-COLORED JUNCO, EVENING GROSBEAK, CRESTED CARACARA and
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE. [Ryan Terrill]

Please report your sightings to the Birdbox at 831-626-6605 not to our
e-mail addresses. There is a great deal of valuable information on the
Birdbox system in addition to the rare bird report. Follow the menus to
find the information you want. If you have questions or comments about
birding in the Monterey Area, feel free to e-mail me at
billhill@redshift.com