Central California Coast birding trip - Spring, 2012

Townsend's Warbler



Brant (Pacific "black") - Moss Landing, California - April, 2012

Brant (Pacific "black" form in flight) - Bodega Bay, California - April, 2012

Surf Scoter (adult male) - Moss Landing, California - April, 2012

Surf Scoter (female) - Moss Landing, CA - April, 2012 and Lake County, IN - October, 2011, and November, 2002

* California Quail (adult male) - Inverness, CA - April, 2012 and Happy Canyon Road, CA - April, 2011

California Quail (female) - Happy Canyon Road, CA - April, 2011 and Inverness, CA - April, 2012

Mountain Quail - Chew's Ridge, Carmel Valley, California - April, 2012

Red-throated Loon (nonbreeding adult and 1st winter) - Bodega Bay, CA - April, 2012 and Beverly Shores, Porter County, IN - November, 2007

Western Grebe - Monterey, CA - April, 2012 and Goleta State Park, Santa Barbara County, CA - April, 2011

* Clark's Grebe - Santa Ynez River, Lompoc, CA - April, 2011 and Monterey, CA - April, 2012

* Osprey (in flight) - Bodega Head, Bodega Bay, California - April, 2012

* Red-tailed Hawk (immature "western" in flight) - Mendocino Coast, California - April, 2012

* Semipalmated Plover (adult) - Moss Landing, CA - April, 2012, Avalon, NJ - October, 2003, and Hammond, IN - September, 2005

Black Oystercatcher - Bodega Bay and Monterey, California - April, 2012

Whimbrel (adult) - Monterey, California - April, 2012

Marbled Godwit - Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, and Monterey, California - April, 2012

Black Turnstone (adult) - Pacific Grove, California - April, 2012

Surfbird (breeding adult) - Bodega Bay, California - April 2012

Surfbird (nonbreeding adult) - Pacific Grove, California - April 2012

Short-billed Dowitcher (western caurinus subspecies) - Pacific Grove, California - April, 2012

Glaucous-winged Gull (1st cycle) - Moss Landing, CA - April, 2012 and Santa Barbara, CA - April, 2011

Common Murre (nonbreeding) - Monterey Bay, California - April, 2012

Pigeon Guillemot (breeding) - Monterey Bay, California - April, 2012

Northern Flicker (female "Red-shafted" form) - Point Reyes, California - April, 2012

Pacific-slope Flycatcher - Point Reyes, CA - April, 2012 and Santa Barbara, CA - April, 2011

Hutton's Vireo - Point Reyes, CA - April, 2012 and Beatty's Orchard, Miller Canyon, AZ - July, 2009

Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Jack's Peak County Park, Monterey, CA and Inverness, CA - April 2012

Townsend's Warbler (spring adult male) - Jack's Peak County Park, Monterey, California - April, 2012

Townsend's Warbler (spring adult female) - Jack's Peak County Park, Monterey, California - April, 2012

Hermit Warbler (spring adult male) - Jack's Peak County Park, Monterey, California - April, 2012

Hermit X Townsend's Warbler (hybrid) - Jack's Peak County Park, Monterey, California - April, 2012

Fox Sparrow ("Sooty" Pacific form) - Bodega Bay, California - April, 2012

Golden-crowned Sparrow (adult) - Inverness, CA - April, 2012 and Santa Barbara, CA - April, 2011

Golden-crowned Sparrow (1st year) - Point Reyes, California - April, 2012

White-crowned Sparrow (adult western form) - Inverness, California - April, 2012 and Santa Ynez River, Lompoc, CA - April, 2011

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon form) - Inverness, California - April, 2012

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