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Here is the 2008 schedule for Shearwater Journeys online!
Until your next pelagic trip don't forget you can try scoping for seabirds from Pigeon Point to Bodega Bay. Of course, keep an eye out for Common Murres and other seabirds on the S.F. Bay from the shoreline in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties! You never know what might turn up!
Hirundo rustica
Albany Adult School - Birding By Ear - Fall 2008
Check it out on Bob Lewis's website wingbeats for current participant and bird totals.
Take a look at the birds tallied so far this year in Alameda County, too!
My current total is 230. (Thanks to Steve Glover, current CCCo. record holder for helping find these tough last few!) My personal goal for the year was 225. My article on the first half of my big year in on page 11 of the summer issue of the Golden Gate Audubon's newsletter The Gull,
Charadrius alexandrinus
Call the Northern California Bird Box for the latest updates:
Take a look at the official California Bird List
of the Western Field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee. This list was last updated 13 April 2008.
Three species have been added to the California State List!
Branta bernicla
Photo by Dave Furseth
This Brant is eating eel grass, a preferred food during the non-breeding season. My favorite spot to view this elegant goose is from Smith Brother's Road, in Bodega Bay. From the hillside above the bay, you may be able to hear them, too.
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