Observations

May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) 5/23 Bodega Bay Owl Canyon DN

June
Brown Thrasher 6/20-26 Owl Canyon DN
Bobolink (male singing) 6/27 Reef Campground, Timber Cove RH
White-winged Black Tern (1st CA record) 6/24-27 Arcata MOB
Black Oystercatcher (nesting) 6/4 Bodega Head WN
Western Gull (nesting) 6/4 Bodega Head WN
White Pelican 6/21 3 birds back at Bodega Harbor DN, NC
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/16-17 Feeder in Sebastopol AA

July
Brant 7/1 22 birds remain at Bodega Bay EB, et al
Elegant Tern 7/13 Arrival date at Lawson's Landing DN
Elegant Tern 7/20 Single bird noted at Doran Park DN
Barred Owl (1) Stewart's Point/Skaggs Spr. Road DN
Poorwill Ida Clayton Road MOB
Murphy's Petrel (1) 7/18 Cordell Banks RS, et al
Laysan Albatross (1) 7/22 Cordell Banks DN
Northern Fulmar 7/31 100+ at Cordell Banks DN
Arctic Tern 7/29 5 birds at Cordell Banks DN
Sabine's Gull 7/22 5 birds at Cordell Banks DN
Pink-footed Shearwater 7/31 100+ birds at Cordell Banks DN
Allen's Hummingbird (1 male) 7/19-8/4 Oakmont BG
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 juvenile) 7/29 Porto Bodega, Bodega Bay DN
Black-chinned Sparrow Off Pine Flat Road AW, NW
Long-tailed Jaeger 7/29 2 at Cordell Banks DN
Long-tailed Jaeger 7/31 1 at Cordell Banks DN
South Polar Skua 7/31 1 at Cordell Banks DN

August
Short-tailed Albatross 8/5 1 juvenile at Cordell Banks DN
While this bird failed to oblige birders on the following chase trip on August6, highlights included: 150 Black-footed Albatross, 6-8 LaysanAlbatross, 300 Northern Fulmars, 80 Pink-footed Shearwaters,250 Sooty Shearwaters, 15 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, 200 AshyStorm-Petrels, 5-6 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels, 8-10 PomarineJaegers, 6-8 Sabine's Gull, 2-3 Common Terns, 1 ArcticTern, 50-60 Rhinoceros Auklets, 1 Tufted Puffin, 1-2Craveri's Murrelets and 1 Xantus' Murrelet (DN, DE, DLS, et al).A single Monarch Butterfly was seen at Cordell Banks as well!

Brown Booby (1) all summer S.E. Farallon Island PRBO
Brown Booby early August San Francisco Bay
Ancient Murrelet 8/13 2 birds off Bodega Head JR

Contributors: Annette Avia, Ellen Bingle, Christine Cohen, NancyConzett, Penny Chambers, Doug Ellis, Betty Groce, Ray Hedgepeth, Dan Nelson,Wini Nelson, Jean Richmond, Debra L. Shearwater, Rich Stallcup, Alan Wight, andNed Wynn.