Date: 12/6/24 4:07 pm From: Florence Sanchez via groups.io <sanchezucsb11...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Ocean Park
I went to Ocean Park on Tuesday--didn't file a report because I didn't find much of interest. Most of the ducks were well upstream and I failed to pull out anything interesting from the gull flock at the beach, though I may have seen the pale Thayer's Nick mentioned. I also did not check the marsh for sparrows so did not see a Nelson's Sparrow. However, I did have a rapid fly-by of a duck heading upstream that looked very much like a female Goldeneye. Unfortunately, went by too rapidly to catch in the scope.
I was therefore glad to read Nick's report because it confirms my impression.
Florence Sanchez
On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 08:26:41 PM PST, Nick Lethaby via groups.io <nlethaby...> wrote:
All,
I spent two and a half hours here up until dusk hoping to catch up with some of the owls but only saw a Great Horned.
Plenty of birds in the river mouth with 3 Common Goldeneye (plus another dead one) being the only birds I haven't seen reported recently.
A 1000+ gull flock on the beach by the mouth had 4 Thayer's Iceland Gull, one of which was very pale and 12 Herring Gulls.
Nick Lethaby
Goleta, CA
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