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:
Shearwater
Jaeger
Alcids
Black-footed Albatross
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Marbled Murrelet
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant
Palm Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
Cattle Egret
Western Tanager
Worm-eating Warbler
Pelagic:
5 species of SHEARWATER, 2 OF JAEGER, many ALCIDS and a few BLACK-FOOTED
ALBATROSS are still being seen by boat trips. [Richard Ternullo]
Monterey:
The immature YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER is still present in the Southeast part
of El Encinal Cemetary near the crematorium. [Stan Dryden]
4 MARBLED MURRELET were seen east of Wharf 2 today. [Brian Sullivan]
Moss Landing:
10 SNOW GEESE and 7 ROSS'S GEESE were across from Moon Glow Dairy today.
One BRANT was on the channel behind Moon Glow and a Swamp Sparrow was on the
levee between ponds 1 and 2. 2 PALM WARBLERS were in the corner of pond 2.
3 CATTLE EGRET were in the west field at the dairy. [Rick Fournier]
Big Sur:
A WESTERN TANAGER and a WORM-EATING WARBLER were found on private property
today 11 miles south of Big Sur. [Jessica Griffith]
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