September 1997, Volume 31, Number 1

Sonoma County Water Wishes September General Meeting Thank You Pee Wee Audubon Goes Hawk Watching Audubon Adventures Message From Our President Annual Meeting Wrap-Up Feeder Watch Pee Wee Reports Observations Midweek Walkabout Results Field Trip Report Pepperwood Field Trip Results Return of the Swifts The Fate of the Developmental CenterOpen Space Volunteers Survey Finds Zero Owl Nests Welcome New Members

Observations by Dan Nelson Pacific Loon (85-100) July & August Bodega Head ("summering") DN Oldsquaw 6/9 off Doran Beach LS Oldsquaw 6/17 off Doran Beach DH, DE Black-footed Albatross (135) 6/14 Cordell Banks area DN Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (1) 6/14 Cordell Banks DN Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (1) 7/15 Cordell Banks DN Ashy Storm-Petrel (25) 7/15 Cordell Banks DN Ashy Storm-Petrel (15) 8/11 Cordell Banks MOA Ashy Storm-Petrel (55) 8/15 Cordell Banks DN Wilson's Storm-Petrel (1) 7/15 Cordell Banks DN Wilson's Storm-Petrel (1) 8/15 Cordell Banks DN Black Storm-Petrel (1) 8/11 Cordell Banks DN Black Storm-Petrel (6) 8/15 Cordell Banks MOA Buller's Shearwater (3-4) 8/15 Cordell Banks MOA South Polar Skua (2) 7/15 Cordell Banks DN South Polar Skua (1) 8/15 Cordell Banks MOA Sabine's Gull (53) 5/21 Cordell Banks area DN Sabine's Gull (1) 7/23 Cordell Banks area DN Sabine's Gull (46) 8/11 Cordell Banks area DN Sabine's Gull (145) 8/15 Cordell Banks area MOA Tufted Puffin (1) 6/16 off Bodega Head DN Horned Puffin (2) June Chimney Rock, Pt. Reyes MOB Craveri's Murrelet (2) 8/11 Cordell Banks DN Peregrine Falcon (2) 6/23 Adobe Canyon Road IM Peregrine Falcon (2) 6/28 Ida Clayton Road IM, BP Western Sandpiper (15) 6/27 Bodega Harbor DN Least Sandpiper (250) 6/28 Highway 37 DN Nuttall's Woodpecker (4) 5/30 feeding þedglings, Petaluma yard WN Red-breasted Nuthatch 7/14 Oakmont feeder BG Vaux Swift June & July nesting Graton LH Rufous Hummingbird (male) 7/5-7 Sebastopol yard EB Rufous Hummingbird (male) 8/14-15 Petaluma yard WN Lark Bunting (1) 8/1 King Ridge Road BG Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) 6/21 Campbell Cove DN Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/8 Sugarloaf State Park B. Getty Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/30 Hessel Area E&BK Yellow-breasted Chat 6/21 Santa Rosa Creek CS Northern Waterthrush 8/15 Campbell Cove DH MacGillivray's Warbler 7/23 Campbell Cove DH Hooded Oriole (immature male) 5/20 1st arrival Petaluma DN Contributors: Ellen Bingle, Arvita Blanford, Doug Ellis, Bud Getty,Betty Groce, Louise Hallberg, David Hofmann, Beverly & Ernie Kruse,Ian Morrison, Mollymawk Offshore Adventures, Dan Nelson, Wini Nelson, BillPayne, Claire Shurvinton, and Lynn Stafford.

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