Date: 6/9/26 6:43 am From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Coast and bayside sightings
Yesterday, I did a seawatch from Pigeon Point. Part cloudy sky, NW wind 8-12 mph, clear visibility out to the horizon. Here is a partial list of what was noted. A steady stream of SootyShearwaters flying north. There were ( 40,800 ) with many close behind the rock off the lighthouse. ( 2 ) Pink-footed Shearwaters. A Manx Shearwater was in with the stream of SootyShearwaters. Cruciform shape, sharp division between the black upperparts and white underparts, short tail, white undertail coverts, white underwings, snappy wingbeats, smallercompared to a Sooty Shearwater, there are a number of records from Pigeon Point, mostly in May. Expected at this time of the year are late northbound migrants. There were ( 22 )Surf Scoters, loons in alternate plumage, ( 1 ) Red-throated Loon, ( 7 ) Common Loons and ( 36 ) Pacific Loons. ( 2 ) Whimbrels. In with Western, California and Heermann's Gullswas a first-cycle Glaucous-winged Gull. ( 5 ) Rhinoceros Auklets and ( 2 ) Marbled Murrelets. Over on the bayside, there has been a lingering male Blue-winged Teal at the NobHill Pond on the 7th and maybe setting in to summer on the pond which would be a first there.
Ron Thorn
