Subject: Re: Seabird Finding Survey
Date: Oct 16 22:30:12 1996
From: Alvaro Jaramillo - alvaro at quake.net


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>Where's your favorite seabird spotting spot?
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>I'm trying to build a seabird spotting guide for land based
>watching for my web page and would very much appreciate those
>with favorite spots taking the time filling out the following
>survey and e-mailing it back to me. If you have more than one
>favorite spot and feel particularly energetic feel free to write
>about each of them.
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Hope you don't mind a California spot

>Site name: Pigeon Point, San Mateo County
>Nearest community: Pescadero
>County: San Mateo
>State: California
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>Best bird seen: Western Kingbird ;-), actually the rarest bird I have seen
there! Ancient Murrelet and Black-vented Shearwater are also good.
>Seen any whales?: Grey Whales, others have seen Humpbacks.
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>Can one comfortably scope from a car?: yes, but not too comfortably
>If not, how far does one have to walk?: 10 meters
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>This next part gets a little complicated...
>using e=easy n=not-so-easy o=once in a blue moon
> and
>w=winter v=spring s=summer f=fall
>mark the species you've seen at your spot
>
I have only gone a few times so far, but can give a general list of what I
know has been seen there:

>BFAlbatross o
>LaysanAlbatross
>NFulmar e, w
>Mottled Petrel, I think it was observed once from here, but not confirmed.
>MurphysPetrel
>PFShearwater n, s-f
>FFShearwater ?
>BullersShearwater n, s-f
>ManxShearwater, one sighting this year
>SootyShearwater, e, s-f
>STShearwater, n, f-w
>FTStorm-petrel, o,
>LeachsStorm-petrel
>WilsonsStorm-petrel
>BlackStorm-petrel
>MagnificentFrigatebird
>PomarineJaeger, e, possible all year but abundance varies
>ParasiticJaeger, e, v,s,f
>Long-tailedJaeger
>SouthPolarSkua
>Black-leggedKittiwake n
>Red-leggedKittiwake
>SabinesGull o
>ArcticTern n v,f
>CommonTern n v,f
>MarbledMurrelet e, all year
>AncientMurrelet varies, n to o, w
>XantusMurrelet
>ParakeetAuklet
>CrestedAuklet
>CassinsAuklet has occurred
>RhinoAuklet e to n
>TuftedPuffin o
>HornedPuffin
>Stuff I missed

Ashy Storm Petrel- o,
Red Phalarope - e, v,f
Red-necked Phalarope- e, v, f


Others know this place better than I do, but they are likely not on e-mail.

Regards,

Al.
Alvaro Jaramillo Where there's smoke doesn't mean
Half Moon Bay, CA there is fire.
alvaro at quake.net Just means there's smoke.


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