On Friday October 4th my wife and I flew to San Jose, CA for a weekend away. We arrived at the airport around noon and drove to Moss Landing. We spent about 90 minutes first at the Moss Landing State Wildlife Area and then along Jetty Road. Over lunch at the wildlife area we had Willet, Marbled Godwit, Grey (Black-bellied) Plover and a Long-billed Curlew along the shoreline and saw over a hundred Brown Pelican in three groups. Elegant Terns, Heerman and western Gulls flew overhead and Sea Otter and Harbor Seal swam in the waters.Along jetty road we had more of the same species, some of them very close.
After checking in to our hotel we drove to Carmel and walked along the ocean front to Carmel River Beach. The beach itself was covered with, perhaps, 5000 birds of just there species - Western Gull, Heerman's Gull and Brown Pelican - so different to a year ago when the place was very quiet but had 15 Snowy Plover. The walk back along the road found a few birds feeding on the rocks including Surfbird, Willet and a Whimbrel.
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| Long-billed Curlew |
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| Whimbrel |
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