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OBSERVATIONS
By Dan Nelson
762-3811; dansbird@pacbell.net
As September arrived, the fall migation season took off with a "bang". September 8 brought an unseasonable electrical storm, accompanied by light rain. For the next three days, coastal fog persisted and a number of rare vagrant landbirds were spread along the outer coast, from Pt.Reyes to Bodega Bay. In late August, a pelagic trip from Bodega Bay to Fort Bragg produced a Shy Albatross, a first for California. Other notable sightings:
Black-footed Albatross (85) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Laysan Albatross (1) 8/29 Cordell Banks RS, et. al
Pink-footed Shearwater (65) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Bullers' Shearwater (430) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Ashy Storm-Petrel (5) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (16) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Brown Pelican(200+) Aug-Sept Doran Park, Bodega Bay M.Ob
American Wigeon (15) 9/2 Salmon Creek DN
Northern Shoveler (5) 9/12 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Swainson's Hawk (2)1 ad.,1 imm. 8/21 Ramal Rd. AW
Prairie Falcon 9/3 Two Rock, @ Pepper Rd. DN
Peregrine Falcon 9/2-3 Doran Park DN
Peregrine Falcon Aug-Sept Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Wild Turkey (14) 8/15 Spring Hill Rd., Petaluma WN,CN,MK,BK
White-faced Ibis (1) 9/2 Schollenberger Park AW
White-faced Ibis (1) 9/13 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
American Golden Plover(2) 9/10 Doran Park LH, CC
Lesser Yellowlegs (11) 9/13 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Solitary Sandpiper (1) 9/11 Spaletta pond, Pt. Reyes TE, et. al
Stilt Sandpiper (1 ad.) 9/12-13 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Spotted Sandpiper (1) 9/3 Schollenberger Park DN
Red Phalarope (dozens) 9/6 offshore DN
Red-necked Phalarope (several) 8/19 Bodega Harbor TM
Red-necked Phalarope (50+) 9/7-13 Bodega Harbor TM,DN et. al
Wilson's Phalarope (30+) 9/12-13 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Pectoral Sandpiper (2) 9/7 Carmody Ln. pond DN
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2) 8/21 Schollenberger Park BDP, AW
Baird's Sandpiper (2) Aug-Sept. Shollenberger Park DN, AW et. al
Baird's Sandpiper (1) 9/4 Lakeville treatment ponds DN
Baird's Sandpiper (1) 9/11 Gaffney Pt., Bodega Bay DN
Red Knot (10) 9/11 Gaffney Pt. DN
Long-tailed Jaeger (62) 8/29 Cordell Banks RS, et. al
South Polar Skua (5) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Laughing Gull (1 2nd yr.) 8/28-29 Doran; off Bodega Head DN,RR; RS et. al
Heermann's Gull (100's) Aug-Sept Bodega Harbor, Doran, etc. M. Ob
Sabine's Gull (45) 9/6 Cordell Banks area DN
Common Tern (3) 9/7 Gaffney Pt., Bodega Harbor DN,DE,DH
Arctic Tern (15) 9/6 Cordell Banks DN
Willow Flycatcher 9/7 Owl Canyon DE,DH,DN
Purple Martin (5) 9/10 Campbell Cove DN
Yellow-throated Vireo 9/11 Bear Valley X Limantour Rds. RS
Philadelphia Vireo 9/12 Drakes Beach willows RS et. al
Red-eyed Vireo 9/11 Owl Canyon RR
Plumbeous Vireo 9/11 Owl Canyon RR
Kentucky Warbler 9/11 Owl Canyon RR
Townsend's Warbler (6-1st arr.) 9/9 Bodega Dunes Campground DN, BDP,DH
Black-throated Green Warbler 9/4 Nunes Ranch, Pt. Reyes JW,RM,RS
Blackburnian Warbler (2) 9/12 Pt. Reyes RS et al
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1) 9/9-11 Bodega Dunes Campground DN,DH,BDP
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1) 9/10-11 Cheney Creek Gulch DN
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1) 9/11-12 Owl Canyon DN,BDP
American Redstart (1 imm. male) 9/11-13 Owl Canyon DN,RR,BDP
Baltimore Oriole (1) 9/11 Nunes Hemlock"forest" RS
Lincoln's Sparrow (1st arr.) 9/10 Owl Canyon area DN
Fox Sparrow (1st arr.) 9/13 Willow Creek Rd. DN
Indigo Bunting (2), f. feeding juv. 9/12 Pt. Reyes RS

Contributors: Chris Corbin, Ted Eliot, Doug Ellis, Bill King, Mil King, David Hofmann, Lisa Hug, Richard Merriss, Tony Mountain, Clyde & Wini Nelson, Dan Nelson, Peter Pyle, Benjamin D. Parmeter, Ruth Rudesill, Debra Shearwater, Rich Stallcup, Alan Wight & Jon Winter.