26 December 2009
Oceanside CBC Pelagic
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By: Dave Povey
(OSH) for birds seen in Oceanside Harbor or on the jetty. Very good day. Lots of birds!
Pintail 4
Surf Scoter 101
Red-breasted Merganser ( 1 OSH )
Red-throated Loon (2 OSH )
Pacific Loon 12 & ( 1 OSH ) = 13
Common Loon ( 1 OSH )
Horned Grebe ( 2 OSH )
Eared Grebe 1 & ( 3 OSH )
Red-necked Grebe ( 1 OSH ) Photo
Clark's Grebe 1
Western Grebe 40 & ( 4 OSH ) =44 Low!
Sooty Shearwater 1 Photo
Black-vented Shearwater 543
Brown Pelican 58 & ( 90 OSH ) = 148
Brandt's Cormorant 22 & ( 6 OSH ) = 28
Double-crested Cormorant 5 & ( 29 OSH ) = 34
Black-crowned Night Heron ( 1 OSH )
Snowy Egret ( 4 OSH )
Great Blue Heron ( 2 OSH )
Red-tailed Hawk ( 1 OSH )
Black-bellied Plover ( 1 OSH )
Black Oystercatcher ( 1 OSH ) photo
Willet ( 2 OSH )
Wandering Tattler ( 3 OSH )
Ruddy Turnstone ( 1 OSH )
Surfbird ( 5 OSH )
Red Phalarope 10 group of 8, plus 2 singles
Heermann's Gull 170 & ( 11 OSH ) = 181
Boneparte's Gull 1150 May actually be low #
Ring-billed Gull 2 & ( 5 OSH ) = 7
Mew Gull 1 adult between harbor and the pier
California Gull 160 & ( 2 OSH ) = 162
Herring Gull ( 1 OSH )
Western Gull 202 & ( 15 OSH ) = 217
Royal Tern 5 & ( 2 OSH ) = 7
Forster's Tern 1
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Cassin's Auklet 286
Rhinoceros Auklet 18 10 in one group!!
Rock Dove ( 50 OSH )
Belted Kingfisher ( 1 OSH )
Black Phoebe ( 1 OSH )
American Crow ( 5 OSH )
European Starling ( 2 OSH )
American Pipit ( 1 OSH )
Red-necked Grebe was seen three times during the day: first thing in the morning in the middle of the outer basin, then in the Del Mar Basin around 12:30, last near the end of the south jetty around 1-1:15 p.m.
The Black Oystercatcher was seen on the tip of the north jetty, a little after noon...12:15.
Marine Mammals seen
Gray Whale 1
Common Dolphin 400 plus
Pacific White-sided Dolphin 15-20
California Sealion 30-40
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