Date: 10/29/25 8:25 am From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Recent sightings
Yesterday, I did a early morning seawatch from Pigeon Point. When first arriving, there were feeding frenzies spread out over the horizon made up of Brown Pelicans and gulls amongHumpback Whales. The feeding frenzies only lasted for a short time. The number of migrating Surf Scoters and loons were low for this time of the year. Here is a partial list of what wasnoted. ( 1 ) Aleutian Cackling Goose, ( 350 ) Surf Scoters, ( 1 ) Red-necked Grebe, ( 8 ) Red-throated Loons, ( 39 ) Pacific Loons, ( 1 ) Northern Fulmar, ( 2 ) Pink-footed Shearwaters,( 1 ) Pomarine Jaeger, ( 7 ) Parasitic Jaegers, ( 25 ) Bonaparte's Gulls and ( 7 ) Elegant Terns. Later, Leonie and I were checking riparian along Tunitas Creek Road near Highway 1,where a juvenile Ferruginous Hawk passed over heading south. On the 27th, a very late hatch-year MacGillivray's Warbler was in the lush vegetation on the Nob Hill Pond behindthe market in Redwood Shores. I rarely encounter this warbler species along the bayside. The 29th, there was a waif Common Murre on the bay at Coyote Point.
Ron Thorn, Leonie Batkin
