ESTERO MORUA, MEXICO TRAVEL LOG AND BIRD LOG
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Estero Morua on Saturday, November 8, 2003

Estero Morua 11/08/2003 Noodles and I went alone. thought the battery was dead but it was okay. Marbled Godwits crossed the road. Noodles and I have gone 21 times together I believe, which doesn't sound like much. Someone camping on the point. There was a hum from shrimp boats out at sea but otherwise no noise. Saw the Andromeda Galaxy, which I haven't seen for a long time. The Square of Pegasus was up there. Nice weather. The Mystery of the tiny eggs!
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There are 30 birds in the list below.

1. American Kestrel,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
2. American Oystercatcher,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
3. Belted Kingfisher,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,Saw him twice. big.
4. Black Phoebe,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
5. Black-bellied Plover,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
6. Brown Pelican,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
7. Bufflehead,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,female in that icky water on the road out.
8. Eared Grebe,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,with the bufflehead in that icky water.
9. Forster's Tern,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,dark eye which is winter plumage
10. Gambel's Quail,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
11. Great Blue Heron,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
12. Great Egret,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
13. Great-tailed Grackle,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
14. Greater Yellowlegs,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
15. Loggerhead Shrike,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
16. Long-billed Curlew,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
17. Long-billed Dowitcher,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
18. Marbled Godwit,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,Usually harder to find. These were walking across the sandy road more than once like domestic geese.
19. Osprey,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
20. Reddish Egret,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
21. Ring-billed Gull,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
22. Rock Wren,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,by stingray bay on the rocks!
23. Ruddy Turnstone,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
24. Say's Phoebe,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
25. Snowy Egret,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
26. Western Gull,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
27. Whimbrel,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,I waited to get the striped lines on the head to make this id.
28. White-crowned Sparrow,11/08/2003,Estero Morua
29. Willet,11/08/2003,Estero Morua,In great numbers.
30. Wilson's Plover,11/08/2003,Estero Morua