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Birds -- Monterey Bay, Aptos, December 2018

We had a week-long family Christmas gathering in a rental house overlooking Monterey Bay from the bluff above New Brighton State Beach in Santa Cruz County, December 21-28. There were clear skies and excellent light all but one day, with good beach and surf bird activity -- shorebirds, pelicans, grebes, loons, scoters -- plus woodpeckers and other landbirds in the state park campground up on the bluff. Best photo-ops were the shorebirds.
Marbled Godwits, competing for food, 3
Marbled Godwits, competing for food, 3		 Marbled Godwit, Whimbrels, Curlew
Marbled Godwit, Whimbrels, Curlew		 Whimbrels, dancing
Whimbrels, "dancing"		 Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Sanderlings
Sanderlings		 Willet, bubble bath
Willet, "bubble bath"		 Brown Pelican, adult
Brown Pelican, adult		 Brown Pelican, first-cycle
Brown Pelican, first-cycle
Western Grebe
Western Grebe		 Red-throated Loon, juvenile
Red-throated Loon, juvenile		 Ring-billed Gull, foraging
Ring-billed Gull, foraging		 Acorn Woodpecker, at granary tree
Acorn Woodpecker, at granary tree
Acorn Woodpecker, at granary tree
Acorn Woodpecker, at granary tree		 Black Phoebe
Black Phoebe		 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		 California Towhee
California Towhee

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