Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough – A Photo Essay

It was a lovely day at Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough last Saturday, 17 November…

Sea Otter & pup, born this same day!

There were grebes a-plenty….

Clark’s Grebe

Horned Grebe

Western Grebe (apparently contaminated, unfortunately)

Eared Grebe

And the otters frolicked about in Moss Landing Harbor…

At Elkhorn Slough, we walked the north marsh trail….

Acorn Woodpecker w/acorn

Common Loon

All told, a fine day indeed!

Birds seen:

Number of species: 45

Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos X
Northern Pintail – Anas acuta X
Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca X
Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola X
Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator X
Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis X
Common Loon – Gavia immer X
Pied-billed Grebe – Podilymbus podiceps X
Horned Grebe – Podiceps auritus X
Eared Grebe – Podiceps nigricollis X
Western Grebe – Aechmophorus occidentalis X
Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii X
American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos X
Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis X
Double-crested Cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus X
Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias X
Great Egret – Ardea alba X
Snowy Egret – Egretta thula X
Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura X
White-tailed Kite – Elanus leucurus X
Northern Harrier – Circus cyaneus X
Accipiter sp. – Accipiter sp. X
Red-shouldered Hawk – Buteo lineatus X
Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis X
Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus X
Willet – Tringa semipalmata X
Long-billed Curlew – Numenius americanus X
Marbled Godwit – Limosa fedoa X
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus X
Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis X
Western Gull – Larus occidentalis X
Forster’s Tern – Sterna forsteri X
Rock Pigeon – Columba livia X
Belted Kingfisher – Megaceryle alcyon X
Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus X
Hairy Woodpecker – Picoides villosus X
Western Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica X
American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee – Poecile rufescens X
Brown Creeper – Certhia americana X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula X
European Starling – Sturnus vulgaris X
Yellow-rumped Warbler – Dendroica coronata X
White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys X
House Finch – Carpodacus mexicanus X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)