There are 41 birds in the list below. 1. Caspian Tern,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Ospray on his perch (high one on hill) often but Saturday the GB Heron is there. Great Blues are perching on various houses this trip. The RoyalTerns have flown over crying so they can be identified. They have rapid wing beats or is it only when they are doing their high pitched cry? They also have black primaries in part. We also heard + saw the unpleasant harsh cry + the perpetrator: what we think is Caspian tern.
2. Osprey,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Osprey on his perch (high one on hill) often but Saturday the GB Heron is there. Great Blues are perching on various houses this trip. The RoyalTerns have flown over crying so they can be identified. They have rapid wing beats or is it only when they are doing their high pitched cry? They also have black primaries in part. We also heard + saw the unpleasant harsh cry + the perpetrator: what we think is Caspian tern.
3. Forster's Tern,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Osprey on his perch (high one on hill) often but Saturday the GB Heron is there. Great Blues are perching on various houses this trip. The RoyalTerns have flown over crying so they can be identified. They have rapid wing beats or is it only when they are doing their high pitched cry? They also have black primaries in part. We also heard + saw the unpleasant harsh cry + the perpetrator: what we think is Caspian tern.
4. Great Blue Heron,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Osprey on his perch (high one on hill) often but Saturday the GB Heron is there. Great Blues are perching on various houses this trip. The RoyalTerns have flown over crying so they can be identified. They have rapid wing beats or is it only when they are doing their high pitched cry? They also have black primaries in part. We also heard + saw the unpleasant harsh cry + the perpetrator: what we think is Caspian tern.
5. Snowy Egret,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
6. Eared Grebe,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
7. Arctic Loon,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Dead Arctic Loons
8. Red-tailed Hawk,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,the 11th On road near the estuary
9. Prairie Falcon,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,female the 11th January
10. Bufflehead,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
11. Brown Pelican,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
12. Sanderling,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
13. American Oystercatcher,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
14. Black-bellied Plover,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
15. Turkey Vulture,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,4 in gp over beach + estero
16. Northern Harrier,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,female
17. Ruddy Turnstone,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
18. Long-billed Curlew,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
19. Western Gull,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,"rarest"
20. Long-billed Dowitcher,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,sp?
21. Black Phoebe,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,1 Jan 84 found by Smith's here
22. Marbled Godwit,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
23. Mourning Dove,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
24. Ring-billed Gull,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
25. Heermann's Gull,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
26. Black-chinned Hummingbird,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
27. Say's Phoebe,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
28. Verdin,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
29. Common Raven,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
30. Cactus Wren,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,(3 Jan by our old boat)
31. Northern Mockingbird,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
32. Rock Wren,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
33. Loggerhead Shrike,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
34. Great-tailed Grackle,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,B.T. Grackle
35. Western Meadowlark,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,The 9th + 10th Jan
36. Savannah Sparrow,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
37. House Sparrow,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
38. Snowy Plover,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
39. American Kestrel,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
40. Double-Crested Cormorant,12/29/1983,Estero Morua
41. Burrowing Owl,12/29/1983,Estero Morua,Arrived in Blue Boy after dark! Saw four burrowing owls in our headlights.