The Final Day of the California Adventure



Marbled Godwits were a common sight in the pools of the California coastline (A little practice digiscoping)
California Sealions take charge of Monterey Harbor Much to the unhappiness of many boat owners

One of the trip Highlights was observing 10 to 15 Blue Whales in Monterey Bay. An outstanding performance by the largest organism to ever roam the planet

78 SPECIES SEEN ~ 9/21/2003 ~ GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Buller's Shearwater Pink-footed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater CORMORANTS Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant PELICANS Brown Pelican DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE Ruddy Duck Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Mallard HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS Snowy Egret Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES White-tailed Kite Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon RAILS AND COOTS American Coot SANDPIPERS Common Snipe Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Greater Yellowlegs Willet Black Turnstone Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Red-necked Phalarope AVOCETS AND STILTS Black-necked Stilt American Avocet PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer GULLS AND TERNS Heermann's Gull California Gull Western Gull Elegant Tern Forster's Tern JAEGERS AND SKUAS Pomarine Jaeger AUKS, ALCIDS Common Murre Rhinoceros Auklet PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Dove Mourning Dove SWIFTS Vaux's Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Anna's Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Downy Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Black Phoebe CROWS AND JAYS Western Scrub-Jay American Crow MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Northern Mockingbird STARLINGS European Starling WRENS Marsh Wren Bewick's Wren SWALLOWS Barn Swallow CHICKADEES, TITS Chestnut-backed Chickadee OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch NEW WORLD WARBLERS Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow California Towhee BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brewer's Blackbird ////---- STATISTICS ----///// Species seen - 78