Shipman's field notes, Aug 1980

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1980-08-07: CA: Tiburon (incomplete)
1980-08-15: CA: Marin County
Notable: Common Crow
1980-08-16: CA: Tiburon
1980-08-17: CA: Tiburon
1980-08-30: CA: Stevens Creek: Chestnut

1980-08-07: CA: Tiburon (incomplete)

@day: Tiburon (incomplete)

Tern, Common @Tiburon (incomplete)

1980-08-15: CA: Marin County

Notable: Common Crow

@LE: Limantour Estero

On the ocean side.

@Tib: Tiburon: SFState research facility

Visiting Leonard Compagno.

@day: Marin County

Mallard @Limantour Estero

Teal, Cinnamon

1♂ @Limantour Estero

1♀ @Limantour Estero

Pintail, Common 1♀ @Limantour Estero

Quail, California @Limantour Estero

Quite tame around the Limantour parking lot.

Cormorant, Brandt's @Limantour Estero

Over Limantour Estero.

Pelican, Brown @Limantour Estero

Along the shoreline.

Heron, Great Blue @Limantour Estero

Egret, Great @Limantour Estero

Vulture, Turkey 3-4 @Limantour Estero

Hawk, Marsh 1♂ @Limantour Estero

Hawk, Red-tailed @Limantour Estero

Over Fairfax.

Merlin @Limantour Estero

Zinging down the path from the parking lot to the beach.

Description: Medium brown.

Coot, American @Limantour Estero

Plover, Semipalmated ? @Limantour Estero

Description: Rounder and whiter than peeps.

Flushed with Killdeer.

Killdeer 3-4 @Limantour Estero

Yellowlegs, Greater 2-4 @Limantour Estero

Willet # @Limantour Estero

Whimbrel 2 @Limantour Estero

Flushed at the estero's edge.

Godwit, Marbled 10+ @Limantour Estero

Sandpiper, Least # @Limantour Estero

Dowitcher, Short-billed 2-3 @Limantour Estero

Vocalizations: 'tyew^3'

Phalarope, Northern 2 @Limantour Estero

In pools.

Gull, Heermann's @Tiburon: SFState research facility

On the docks.

Gull, Ring-billed # @Limantour Estero

Gull, Western @Limantour Estero

Description: Assorted plumages.

Gull, California 1-2i @Limantour Estero

Tern, Caspian 1 @Limantour Estero

Tern, Forster's @Tiburon: SFState research facility

Tern, Elegant @Tiburon: SFState research facility

Dove, Rock # @Limantour Estero

Pigeon, Band-tailed @Tiburon: SFState research facility

Dove, Mourning # @Limantour Estero

Kingfisher, Belted 1-3 @Limantour Estero

At least one female.

Jay, Steller's @Tiburon: SFState research facility

Vocalizations: Heard only.

scrub-jay sp. @Limantour Estero

Road generally.

Crow, Common @Limantour Estero

Just north of Golden Gate Park on 19th Avenue.

Raven, Common 2+ @Limantour Estero

Swallow, Violet-green # @Limantour Estero

Swallow, Barn # @Limantour Estero

Bushtit @Limantour Estero

Limantour road.

Wren, Bewick's

@Tiburon: SFState research facility

@Limantour Estero

Limantour parking lot.

Wrentit @Tiburon: SFState research facility

Sparrow, Savannah @Limantour Estero

Coastal scrub.

Sparrow, Song @Limantour Estero

Coastal scrub.

Sparrow, White-crowned @Limantour Estero

Coastal scrub.

Blackbird, Red-winged @Limantour Estero

Large flock near Point Reyes HQ.

Blackbird, Brewer's @Limantour Estero

1980-08-16: CA: Tiburon

@Tib: Tiburon

Tern, Forster's @Tiburon

1980-08-17: CA: Tiburon

@Tib: Tiburon

Gull, Heermann's @Tiburon

1980-08-30: CA: Stevens Creek: Chestnut

@day: Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Route Dawn to 0900.

Quail, California # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Tern, Caspian 1 @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Overhead.

Dove, Mourning # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Hummingbird, Anna's @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Hummingbird, Allen's ♂ @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Description: Orange front, green back.

Kingfisher, Belted 1-3 @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Behavior: Constantly overhead, noisy.

Woodpecker, Acorn @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Above Chestnut.

Woodpecker, Nuttall's 1♂ @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Flicker, Red-shafted 2 @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Jay, Steller's # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

scrub-jay sp. # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Chickadee, Chestnut-backed # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Titmouse, Oak # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Bushtit, Common # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Nuthatch, White-breasted 2 @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Above Chestnut.

Wren, Bewick's # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Wrentit # @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

This photo is from my Strobe Period, when I used flash projection on thicket-skulkers like this one.

Thrasher, California 1 @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Towhee, Rufous-sided @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Towhee, California @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Sparrow, Song @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Junco, Oregon @Stevens Creek: Chestnut

Finch, House @Stevens Creek: Chestnut