Shipman's field notes, Jul 1980

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1980-07-07: CA: Palo Alto
1980-07-08: CA: Cupertino: home
1980-07-14: CA: Cupertino: 10305 Calvert
1980-07-14: CA: Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

1980-07-07: CA: Palo Alto

@DP: Palo Alto: Duck Pond

@FB: Palo Alto: Flood Basin

@PAB: Palo Alto: Baylands

@PAC: Palo Alto: cloaca

Where the sewage outflow meets the Bay.

@day: Palo Alto

Route On a declining tide.

Gadwall

# @Palo Alto: Duck Pond

# @Palo Alto: Flood Basin

Mallard @Palo Alto: Duck Pond

Pintail, Common @Palo Alto: cloaca

scaup sp. @Palo Alto: Baylands

Duck, Ruddy 10 @Palo Alto: cloaca

Egret, Great @Palo Alto: Baylands

Sea Scouts area.

Egret, Snowy # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Rail, Clapper 3 @Palo Alto: Baylands

Boardwalk.

Description: Primaries look black in flight.

That's three more than I usually see in midsummer.

Coot, American @Palo Alto: cloaca

Plover, Black-bellied 5 @Palo Alto: Baylands

On bay mud.

Description: Black axillars.

Killdeer @Palo Alto: Baylands

Stilt, Black-necked # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Behavior: Swooped and yelled at by several of them, even the one that only had one leg.

Avocet, American 1 @Palo Alto: cloaca

sandpiper sp. # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Willet # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Description: Alternate plumage.

Godwit, Marbled # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Bay mud.

dowitcher sp. # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Gull, Ring-billed # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Gull, California # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Tern, Caspian @Palo Alto: Baylands

Well out over the bay.

Vocalizations: Call heard.

Tern, Forster's # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Dove, Rock # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Dove, Mourning @Palo Alto: Baylands

I-280 in Cupertino.

Swallow, Cliff # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Swallow, Barn # @Palo Alto: Baylands

Mockingbird 2 @Palo Alto: Baylands

Near the Palo Alto Airport.

Sparrow, Song # @Palo Alto: Baylands

On territories in the pickleweed.

Cowbird, Brown-headed @Palo Alto: Baylands

Finch, House @Palo Alto: Baylands

Near yacht harbor parking lot.

Sparrow, House @Palo Alto: Duck Pond

1980-07-08: CA: Cupertino: home

@day: Cupertino: home

Chickadee, Chestnut-backed 2 @Cupertino: home

Two on birdbath, bathing.

House list #21.

1980-07-14: CA: Cupertino: 10305 Calvert

@day: Cupertino: 10305 Calvert

Also found a 3' gopher snake in the back yard.

Robin, American 1i @Cupertino: 10305 Calvert

In my backyard.

Breeding: Very young, most probably born near here.

Oriole, Hooded 1♂ @Cupertino: 10305 Calvert

On the bird bath.

1980-07-14: CA: Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

@ML: Moss Landing

@PRM: Pajaro River mouth

@Z: Zmudowski State Beach

@day: Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Scoter, Surf 6+ @Moss Landing

Scoter, White-winged 2 @Moss Landing

Merganser, Red-breasted 2♀ @Moss Landing

With scoters in the harbor.

Description: Red head, gray body.

Duck, Ruddy 3 @Moss Landing

Quail, California

@Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

On a wire near Molera Road.

@Moss Landing

Small covey near the houses north of the Marine Lab.

Loon, Red-throated

1 @Moss Landing

1 @Pajaro River mouth

Grebe, Pied-billed @Zmudowski State Beach

Farm pond.

Egret, Snowy 2 @Moss Landing

Night-Heron, Black-crowned 1i @Moss Landing

Hawk, Red-tailed @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Near Freedom.

Kestrel, American @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

On a wire, SR-156.

Coot, American @Zmudowski State Beach

#a @Zmudowski State Beach

#i @Zmudowski State Beach

Plover, Black-bellied # @Moss Landing

Stilt, Black-necked 1 @Moss Landing

Willet # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Description: Most in alternate, a few in basic plumage.

Whimbrel 1 @Pajaro River mouth

Flying down the river.

Godwit, Marbled # @Pajaro River mouth

Huge numbers.

Sanderling # @Pajaro River mouth

Sandpiper, Least # @Pajaro River mouth

Description: Very scaly alternate plumage. Yellow legs.

Dowitcher, Short-billed 40 @Pajaro River mouth

Vocalizations: 'tyu^3'

Gull, Heermann's # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Gull, Western # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Tern, Caspian

100 @Pajaro River mouth

# @Moss Landing

Tern, Forster's 200 @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

At Pajaro River mouth and around generally.

Tern, Elegant

150 @Pajaro River mouth

# @Moss Landing

Dove, Rock # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Dove, Mourning # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Kingfisher, Belted

1 @Moss Landing

2 @Zmudowski State Beach

Shrike, Loggerhead

@Pajaro River mouth

@Moss Landing

Swallow, Cliff 1-4 @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Swallow, Barn # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Robin, American @Moss Landing

Parking lot.

Starling, European @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Sparrow, White-crowned 1i @Moss Landing

Behavior: Eating a grasshopper.

Meadowlark, Western @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Near Gilroy on US-101.

Blackbird, Brewer's # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth

Finch, House @Moss Landing

Sparrow, House # @Moss Landing; Pajaro R mouth