Date: 11/8/24 5:01 pm From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Moss Beach seawatch Ancient Murrelet
Conditions this morning were good for a seawatch from Moss Beach. The haze from the northeast wind a numberof days had dissipated, as a northwest kicked in. Here is partial list of what was noted from 7-9:30. Most of the birdswere southbound. No tubenoses! Surf Scoter ( 1,423, mostly males ), Black Scoter ( 1 male ), White-winged Scoter( 1 male ), Bufflehead ( 5 ), Red-breasted Merganser ( 1 ), Red-throated Loon ( 346 ), Common Loon ( 2 ), PacificLoon ( 120 ), Parasitic Jaeger ( 1 ), Bonaparte's Gull ( 6 ), Elegant Tern ( 2 ), Common Murre ( 180 ), RhinocerosAuklet ( 2 ), ANCIENT MURRELET ( 1 north ), Marbled Murrelet ( 2 ), Orange-crowned Warbler ( 1 flying in fromsea ).
A few notes from the bayside. Aleutian Cackling Goose with Canada Geese at Mariners Island Park in San Mateo.A lingering Caspian Tern in Redwood Shores yesterday. Early to say if these late migrants may set in to winter.Yellow Warbler Redwood Shores and a Hermit Warbler Foster City.
Ron Thorn
