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Tom Grey | profile | all galleries >> Birds -- Monterey Bay >> Birds -- Monterey Bay, September 2006 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Birds -- Monterey Bay, September 2006

I was on Monterey Bay just south of Moss Landing for 9/22-25, and took a good many pictures there over the four days, at Jetty Road, Moonglow Dairy, the small wetland on Molera Road, and on Salinas State Beach. Saturday morning 9/23 I took some pictures in morning sun at Point Pinos in Pacific Grove. The first two images here have some rarity interest; the rest are some that I liked of the standard local birds. Sunday morning from Monterey Dunes Colony I saw a striking red sunrise, shown in the last photo below.
Red Knot, nonbreeding plumage
Red Knot, nonbreeding plumage		 Common Tern, juvenile, flying
Common Tern, juvenile, flying		 Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron		 Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Black Turnstone		 Ruddy Turnstone, non-breeding
Ruddy Turnstone, non-breeding		 Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk		 Marbled Godwit, flying
Marbled Godwit, flying
Willet, flying
Willet, flying		 Common Yellowthroat, male
Common Yellowthroat, male		 Snowy Plover, adult non-breeding
Snowy Plover, adult non-breeding		 Forster's Tern, flying
Forster's Tern, flying
Red-necked Phalarope, juvenile
Red-necked Phalarope, juvenile		 Brown-headed Cowbird, molting juvenile male
Brown-headed Cowbird, molting juvenile male		 Whimbrel
Whimbrel		 Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Sanderling		 Willet
Willet		 Heermann's Gull
Heermann's Gull		 Black-bellied Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Egret, landing
Snowy Egret, landing		 Snowy Egret, in fog
Snowy Egret, in fog		 Red Sunrise
Red Sunrise

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06-Oct-2006 00:31
Dear Tom,

I am knocked out by the amazing quality of these pictures. When can we get reproductions? Also, is the Red Knot with babies?

Best, Margo margoleahy@sbcglobal.net
Guest 28-Sep-2006 23:13
Tom-

Thanks for posting your photos on MBB! I really enjoyed them.

Neill Fogarty
Sonoma County
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