It was the best of days, it was the worst of days. It was two, two, two
days in one!

What started as a cool and dreary morning ended spectacularly at Jetty
Island today... The company was wonderful (Mark Sullivan, Carol Hartung,
and Margaret St Clair), the food and water exemplary, and the blue skies and
toasty-warm sunshine came out just before high tide.

SEEN / HEARD:
Savannah Sparrow, first bird, at the south end of the lagoon
Osprey (adults) and Caspian Terns (adults and juveniles) everywhere
Great Blue Herons and Double-crested Cormorants, mostly in the morning
Belted Kingfisher
Accipiter (probably a Cooper's Hawk, occasionally thought to be a Northern
Harrier)
Western Sandpeeps (by late afternoon, over 500 in the lagoon)
Sanderlings (at least 4)
Least Sandpiper (1, reported)
Common Mergansers (2), occasionally bedeviled by some Glaucous-winged
Terrors
Glaucous-winged Gulls (Terrors)
California Gulls
Semipalmated Plovers (5)
Black-bellied Plover (1)
Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 4)
Baird's Sandpipers (at least 4)
Barn Swallows (not many, but a few)

Harbor Seals
Sea Lion (at least one in the breakwater area, south end of island)


NOT SEEN TODAY:
The Curlew was last seen a few days ago, but there have been recent
sightings of Wandering Tattler (not today, though).

As usual, photos available on the website, with the most recent in Photos of
the Month. Enjoy!


00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
Jetty Island
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