"Fallout" Conditions - Landbird Migration, Santa Cruz, 29 Sep 2017

Drove down to the Pajaro River mouth this morning, on a hunch that the sudden cool weather might drop a bunch of migrating landbirds.

The offshore fog/dense marine layer appears to have been enough to sufficiently disorient some southbound migrant warblers especially, and the shorebirds pond at the end of Shell Road (limited public access) was amazingly dense with warblers.

I'd never felt so fully surrounded and overwhelmed by birds in Santa Cruz as I did this morning. I encountered Yellow, Orange-crowned, Townsend's, Common Yellowthroats, Yellow-rumped, and one Tennessee Warbler, with a total of 77 individual warblers in the small area of the pond, entrance road, and back pond.

The back pond area is especially interesting by virtue of the presence of some native plants I rarely encounter elsewhere in the county. Hoita macrostachya, Bidens laevis among them.

Publicado el sábado, 30 de septiembre de 2017 a las 12:42 AM por leptonia leptonia

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Chipe Peregrino (Leiothlypis peregrina)

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leptonia

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Septiembre 29, 2017 a las 08:06 AM PDT

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leptonia

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Septiembre 29, 2017 a las 08:59 AM PDT

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Mirasol de Agua (Bidens laevis)

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leptonia

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Septiembre 29, 2017 a las 08:48 AM PDT

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Fascinating! @dpom @gyrrlfalcon

Anotado por metsa hace mas de 6 años

We are hoping for similar conditions tomorrow at San Bruno for the Blitz!

Anotado por gyrrlfalcon hace mas de 6 años

Very cool,thanks for the post!

Anotado por bigsurwild hace mas de 6 años

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