February 23, 2005
President's day weekend - birds
While I didn't have my birding hat on this weekend, I did of course manage to pick up some goodies en route! First up was this tree full of storage holes bored by Acorn Woodpeckers, plus one of the culprits!
I spotted a preening Merlin in Pacific Grove - hopefully not doing too much damage to the wintering Monarch Butterfly population!
This first-winter Glaucous Gull was a nice surprise on the Monterey Peninsula.
In Santa Cruz I was treated to fabulous views of Surfbirds and Black Turnstones...
... amongst which was my first CA record of Rock Sandpiper.
Finally, these Brown Pelicans were putting on a fine show at Natural Bridges state beach.
