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zoom 1 Philadelpha Vireo at the Mendoza Ranch (Ranch B) at Point Reyes Nat. Seashore 27 September 2012.
zoom 2 Adult Elegant Tern at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 27 September 2012.
zoom 3 Adult (foreground) and hatch-year immature (background) Elegant Terns at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 27 September 2012. Note the differences in bill color and the condition of the primaries, which are worn on the adult and fresh on the immature. As the flight feathers of Elegant Terns wear they actually get darker rather than paler like gulls.
zoom 4 Philadelpha Vireo at the Mendoza Ranch (Ranch B) at Point Reyes Nat. Seashore 27 September 2012.
zoom 5 Hatch-year immature Elegant Tern at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 27 September 2012.
zoom 6 Immature Connecticut Warbler at the Mendoza Ranch, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 29 September 2012.
zoom 7 Immature Connecticut Warbler at the Mendoza Ranch, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 29 September 2012.
zoom 8 Ovenbird at the Mendoza Ranch (Ranch B), Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 29 September 2012.
zoom 9 Hatch-year immature Elegant Tern at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 27 September 2012. This bird has an exceptionally short and straight bill. Note the yellow legs (adults have black legs).
zoom 10 Red-breasted Nuthatches have irrupted in a major way along the Pacific Coast this Fall. The cypress groves on Point Reyes were crawling with them during our visit. This bird was one of several feeding low to the ground at the Nunes Ranch (Historic Ranch A) on 27 September 2012.
zoom 11 This hatch-year Pacific-slope Flycatcher (presumed) was at the Nunes Ranch on 27-29 September 2012.
zoom 12 After hatch-year male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore.
zoom 13 After hatch-year male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore.
zoom 14 The trees of Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore. Most of the point is treeless, thus the occasional patch of Monterey cypress and willows tend to collect wayward migrants.
zoom 15 Immature Blackpoll Warbler at the "Fish Docks" at Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 29 September 2012. This was one of two we saw this day and three during our week in California. Blackpoll is one of the most common vagrants "eastern" warblers in California each fall.
zoom 16 Each of the historic ranches and dairies on Point Reyes is signed and now identified by letter. In the past, these ranches have been referred to by the family names of the owners. "Historic Ranch A" is colloquially referred to as the Nunes Ranch.
zoom 17 On clear days it pays to look skyward occasionally, as migrant raptors, particularly Accipiters are a common sight in Fall. This immature Cooper's Hawk passed over the Nunes Ranch on 29 September.
zoom 18 Here is the bird of the trip, an immature (presumed female by some) Common Cuckoo found at Watsonville Slough in Watsonville, CA on 28 September 2012. This bird is just the second ever found in the Lower 48.
zoom 19 This Clay-colored Sparrow is one of three that we found at Ophir, Curry County, Oregon on 1 October 2012.
zoom 20 Clay-colored Sparrow, one of three at Ophir, Curry County, Oregon on 1 October 2012.
zoom 21 This second-year Heermann's Gull was at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes Nat. Seashore on 27 September 2012.