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Team Information: Jaegers
Team Checklist
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
- Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Team Notes
Participants: Shantanu Phukan, Alex Gauguine, Kumaran, Jeremy and Julian Arul, Lisa Sheridan, Reef Comer, Lois Goldfrank, Phil Brown, Ray Dyer, Pete Sole, Nancy Collins, David Apgar,
Weather: Sunny and up to about 75 degrees in the warmest part of the day
Location: New Brighton State Park
Time At Location: 7:45 am to 6:30 pm
Notes:
The most exciting thing was the almost constant jaeger chases we witnessed. There were at least 4 Parasitic Jaegers and one Pomarine visible nearly the entire day giving elaborate chases to both Elegant Terns and Heerman's Gulls. And on the land there was a constant flurry fo Brown Creepers and Acorn Woodpeckers overhead in this beautiful grove of Monterey Pines overlooking a section of Monterey Bay.
Anecdotes:
This, as far as I am aware, is the first Big Sit in Santa Cruz County. it was immense fun to do this. Apart from the birds this was a long, sustained meditation on the changing light and wonderful conversation with old and new friends.
