The MoonGlow Dairy area list is restricted to birds seen on the property of the Calcagno's MoonGlow Dairy or from that property, plus the pond to the east (on adjacent land) and the short line of eucalyptus to the west (on adjacent land). Therefore it does include a variety of birds on Elkhorn Slough that have been seen from MoonGlow; in almost all cases the birds were in or over the Slough. [I believe there is only one bird -- Reddish Egret -- on this list which has only been on the opposite side of the Slough, but seen from the Dairy.]

This list is compiled from all published literature, North America Birds files going back in the 1950s, the Monterey Peninsula Rare Bird Alert files back to the early 1980s, and the field notes of Bruce Gerow and myself. There are surely species missing from this list. Additions to this list are welcome but I do need a specific date and a specific observer to enter those data into the database, and details may be necessary for rarities.

(B) = breeds in Area
(E) = extirpated in Area (formerly resident )
(I) = non-native Introduced resident species
 * = rare or vagrant to Area, report locally to RBA (831) 375-2577
** = exceptional vagrant, please document with photos or description (send to Box 985, Pacific Grove CA 93950) and report immediately to RBA & try to get others to confirm.

MOONGLOW DAIRY LIST

1 Red-throated Loon
2 Pacific Loon
3 Common Loon
4 Pied-billed Grebe
5 Horned Grebe
6 Eared Grebe
7 Western Grebe
8 Clark's Grebe
9 American White Pelican
10 Brown Pelican
11 Brandt's Cormorant
12 Double-crested Cormorant
13 Pelagic Cormorant
14 American Bittern *
15 Great Blue Heron
16 Great Egret
17 Snowy Egret
18 Reddish Egret **
19 Cattle Egret *
20 Green Heron
21 Black-crown'd Night-Heron
22 White-faced Ibis *
23 Turkey Vulture
24 Gr. White-fronted Goose *
25 Snow Goose *
26 Ross' Goose *
27 Canada Goose (I; wild birds also occur)
28 Gadwall
29 American Wigeon
30 Mallard (B)
31 Blue-winged Teal
32 Cinnamon Teal (B)
33 Northern Shoveler
34 Northern Pintail
35 Green-winged Teal
36 Canvasback
37 Redhead *
38 Greater Scaup
39 Lesser Scaup
40 Surf Scoter
41 White-winged Scoter
42 Bufflehead
43 Common Goldeneye
44 Hooded Merganser *
45 Red-breasted Merganser
46 Ruddy Duck
47 White-tailed Kite
48 Northern Harrier
49 Sharp-shinned Hawk
50 Cooper's Hawk
51 Red-shouldered Hawk (B?)
52 Red-tailed Hawk (B?)
53 Ferruginous Hawk *
54 Golden Eagle
55 American Kestrel
56 Merlin
57 Peregrine Falcon
58 Prairie Falcon *
59 California Quail (B)
60 Virginia Rail (B?)
61 Sora
62 American Coot (B)
63 Sandhill Crane *
64 Black-bellied Plover
65 American Golden-Plover *
66 Pacific Golden-Plover *
67 Snowy Plover
68 Semipalmated Plover
69 Killdeer (B)
70 Black-necked Stilt
71 American Avocet
72 Greater Yellowlegs
73 Lesser Yellowlegs
74 Solitary Sandpiper *
75 Willet
76 Spotted Sandpiper
77 Whimbrel
78 Long-billed Curlew
79 Bar-tailed Godwit **
80 Marbled Godwit
81 Ruddy Turnstone
82 Red Knot
83 Sanderling
84 Semipalmated Sandpiper *
85 Western Sandpiper
86 Little Stint **
87 Least Sandpiper
88 Baird's Sandpiper
89 Pectoral Sandpiper
90 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper **
91 Dunlin
92 Stilt Sandpiper *
93 Buff-breasted Sandpiper **
94 Ruff *
95 Short-billed Dowitcher
96 Long-billed Dowitcher
97 Common Snipe
98 Wilson's Phalarope
99 Red-necked Phalarope
100 Red Phalarope *
101 Parasitic Jaeger *
102 Long-tailed Jaeger *
103 Franklin's Gull *
104 Bonaparte's Gull
105 Heermann's Gull
106 Mew Gull
107 Ring-billed Gull
108 California Gull
109 Herring Gull
110 Thayer's Gull
111 Western Gull
112 Glaucous-winged Gull
113 Caspian Tern
114 Elegant Tern
115 Common Tern
116 Forster's Tern
117 Least Tern *
118 White-winged Tern **
119 Black Tern
120 Black Skimmer *
121 Common Murre
122 Pigeon Guillemot *
123 Marbled Murrelet **
124 Cassin's Auklet **
125 Rock Dove (I)
126 Band-tailed Pigeon
127 White-winged Dove *
128 Mourning Dove (B)
129 Barn Owl
130 Great Horned Owl
131 Lesser Nighthawk **
132 Vaux's Swift
133 White-throated Swift
134 Anna's Hummingbird (B)
135 Costa's Hummingbird *
136 Rufous Hummingbird
137 Allen's Hummingbird (B)
138 Belted Kingfisher
139 Lewis's Woodpecker *
140 Downy Woodpecker (B)
141 Hairy Woodpecker
142 Northern Flicker
143 Olive-sided Flycatcher
144 Western Wood-Pewee
145 Willow Flycatcher *
146 Hammond's Flycatcher *
147 Gray Flycatcher *
148 Dusky Flycatcher *
149 Pacific-slope Flycatcher (B)
150 Black Phoebe
151 Eastern Phoebe **
152 Say's Phoebe
153 Dusky-capped Flycatcher **
154 Ash-throated Flycatcher
155 Tropical Kingbird
156 Western Kingbird
157 Eastern Kingbird *
158 Loggerhead Shrike
159 Hutton's Vireo *
160 Warbling Vireo
161 Western Scrub-Jay (B)
162 American Crow (B)
163 Common Raven
164 Horned Lark
165 Tree Swallow (B)
166 Violet-green Swallow
167 N. Rough-winged Swallow
168 Bank Swallow *
169 Cliff Swallow
170 Barn Swallow (B)
171 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (B)
172 Bushtit (B)
173 Red-breasted Nuthatch
174 Pygmy Nuthatch (B)
175 Brown Creeper (B)
176 Rock Wren **
177 Bewick's Wren (B)
178 House Wren
179 Winter Wren (B)
180 Marsh Wren (B)
181 Golden-crowned Kinglet *
182 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
183 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
184 Western Bluebird
185 Swainson's Thrush
186 Hermit Thrush
187 American Robin (B?)
188 Varied Thrush *
189 Northern Mockingbird
190 European Starling (I)
191 White Wagtail **
192 Red-throated Pipit **
193 American Pipit
194 Cedar Waxwing
195 Orange-crowned Warbler
196 Nashville Warbler *
197 Yellow Warbler
198 Chestnut-sided Warbler *
199 Yellow-rumped Warbler
200 Black-thr'd Gray Warbler
201 Black-thr'd Green Warbler *
202 Townsend's Warbler
203 Hermit Warbler *
204 Prairie Warbler
205 Palm Warbler *
206 Blackpoll Warbler *
207 Black-and-white Warbler *
208 American Redstart *
209 Worm-eating Warbler **
210 Northern Waterthrush *
211 MacGillivray's Warbler
212 Common Yellowthroat (B?)
213 Wilson's Warbler
214 Summer Tanager *
215 Western Tanager
216 Spotted Towhee
217 California Towhee (B)
218 Chipping Sparrow
219 Vesper Sparrow *
220 Lark Sparrow *
221 Lark Bunting *
222 Savannah Sparrow
223 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow **
224 Fox Sparrow
225 Song Sparrow (B)
226 Lincoln's Sparrow
227 Swamp Sparrow *
228 White-throated Sparrow *
229 White-crowned Sparrow (B)
230 Golden-crowned Sparrow
231 Dark-eyed Junco
232 Smith's Longspur  **
233 Rose-breasted Grosbeak *
234 Black-headed Grosbeak
235 Blue Grosbeak *
236 Lazuli Bunting
237 Indigo Bunting *
238 Bobolink *
239 Red-winged Blackbird (B)
240 Tricolored Blackbird (B -- but nesting rare here)
241 Western Meadowlark
242 Yellow-headed Blackbird *
243 Rusty Blackbird
244 Brewer's Blackbird (B)
245 Great-tailed Grackle *
246 Brown-headed Cowbird
247 Orchard Oriole *
248 Bullock's Oriole
249 Purple Finch
250 House Finch (B)
251 Pine Siskin (B)
252 Lesser Goldfinch
253 Lawrence's Goldfinch (*B)
254 American Goldfinch (B)
255 House Sparrow (I)

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