Date: 10/3/24 8:53 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Ocean Park
I went to Ocean Park on Monday and had pretty much the same problem: The fog came in at ground level and I couldn't see across the estuary. I walked to the estuary mouth and found NO birds on the beach at all!
I did have a Merlin on Monday. It was driving the Kildeer crazy.
Florence Sanchez
On Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 07:45:16 PM PDT, Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> wrote:
All,
I spent a couple of hours here. There were a lot of birds here stacked up by the high tide but most of my birding was wiped out by dense fog that arrived about 15-20 minutes after my arrival. I had a Common Tern on the beach by the mouth. There was at least one Ruddy Turnstone in with the roosting shorebirds (I could not id the other turnstone), which included a record count of 184 BB Plovers. There were likely even more as it was hard to discern birds in the foggy conditions. A couple of times I head what sounded like a golden-plover call.
I had an excellent view of a Merlin. A Sharp-shinned Hawk also flew by.
Nick LethabyGoleta, <CAnlethaby...>+1 805 284 6200
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