MONTEREY COUNTY RARITIES
Portal to MTY highlight pages
a project by Don Roberson
bold
type below identifies bird in photo, not necessarily 'best' bird of
that season
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Highlights 2023 July-Sep |
Red-footed Booby, Nazca Booby, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Common Ringed Plover, Guadalupe Murrelets, summering Tundra Swan, and more |
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Highlights 2023 Jan-June |
Lewis's Woodpecker & Townsend's Solitaire winter on Mty Pen, two King Eiders together, MTY's first Yellow-footed Gull, Red-footed Booby, Yellow-throated Vireo, nest of Swainson's Hawk, and more |
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Highlights 2022 Sep landbirds-Dec |
spectacular fall migration for passerines, including Great Crested Flycatcher, two Yellow-green Vireos, two Pine Warblers, Kentucky Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Snow Bunting, Nelson's Sparrow, and more |
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Highlights 2022 June-Sep waterbirds |
three summer Boobies: Red-footed, Nazca, Brown; detailed analysis of recent Short-tailed Albatross in Monterey Bay; Hawaiian Petrel, Little Gull, and more |
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Highlights 2022 Jan-May |
wintering Prairie Warbler, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, earliest-ever Western Wood-Pewee, Short-tailed Albatrosses, Slaty-backed Gull, Northern Gannet, Royal Terns, Gray Flycatchers, and more |
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Highlights 2021 Oct-Dec |
Monterey Audubon's 6th Pt. Pinos Seawatch, Nazca Booby, a dozen South Polar Skua from shore, more Yellow-green Vireos, potential "Eastern Warbling-Vireo," Ovenbird, Mourning Warbler, and more |
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Highlights 2021 June-Sep |
Bar-tailed Godwit, Short-tailed Albatross (including from shore!), Neotropic Cormorant, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-green Vireos, and more |
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Highlights 2021 Jan-May |
first Osprey nest in MTY, controversial pied Oystercatcher, White-rumped Sandpiper, returning Vermilion Flycatcher, Rusty Blackbird in May, and more |
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Highlights 2020 fall |
Eurasian Wigeon, Plumbeous Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Mountain Bluebird, Cassin's Finch, Dickcissel, LeConte's Sparrow, Mourning Warbler, and more |
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Highlights 2020 summer |
nesting California Gulls, range extensions for Western Kingbird & Hermit Thrush & Blue Grosbeak, Red-footed Booby, Neotropic Cormorant, Vermilion Flycatcher returns, Gray Catbird, and more |
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Highlights 2020 winter & spring |
Short-tailed Albatross, Slaty-backed Gull, nesting Peregrine Falcons, Calliope Hummingbirds on Monterey Peninsula, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, and more |
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Broad-billed Hummingbird, Gray Flycatcher, two Vermilion Flycatchers, Dusky Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, and more | |
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Hudsonian Godwit, Arctic Tern flight, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Plumbeous Vireo, two Painted Bunting, and more | |
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Common Eider, Lesser Black-backed & Slaty-backed Gulls, Vermilion Flycatcher, and more | |
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three species of booby, Bell's Vireo (eastern race), 7 Philadelphia Vireos, 3 Canada Warblers, and more | |
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Costa's Hummingbird, Red-footed Booby, and more | |
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Scott's Oriole, "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Rusty Blackbird, Slaty-backed Gull, and more | |
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Kentucky Warbler, Little Stint, Eastern Wood-Pewee, 3rd MAS Pt. Pinos seawatch (with Karl Bardon), Louisiana Waterthrush, and more | |
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Pileated Woodpecker, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel incursion, Neotropic Cormorant, nesting Eared Grebe and Redhead, two Yellow-throated Vireos, and more | |
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Slaty-backed Gull, Black-tailed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Gull, Little Stint, a new MTY Big Day record, and more | |
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2nd MAS Pt. Pinos seawatch (with Skye Haas), Great Frigatebird, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, wintering Yellow-breasted Chat, Lucy's Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and more | |
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Least Bittern, Eastern Kingbird, Hooded Warbler, adult Nazca Booby, and more | |
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coastal Lewis's Woodpecker, winter Costa's Hummingbird, "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk, Nazca Booby, and more | |
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1st MAS Pt. Pinos seawatch (with Tony Leukering), "Large-billed" Savannah Sparrow, and more | |
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Chimney Swift, Dickcissel, Yellow-green Vireo, American Tree Sparrow, Green-tailed Towhee, and more | |
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Blue-winged Warbler, summer Philadelphia Vireo, Great Shearwater, Painted Bunting, Gray Flycatcher, and more | |
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Royal Tern, Townsend's Solitaire, Nelson's Sparrow, 'Thick-billed' Fox Sparrow, and more | |
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Brown Boobies, Crested Caracara, Ovenbird, Grace's Warbler, Scott's Oriole, and more | |
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Hawaiian Petrel, summer Sandhill Crane, Eastern Kingbird, Townsend's Solitaire, summer American Redstarts, summer Fox Sparrow, and more | |
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Red-billed Tropicbird, Common Ground-Dove, Calliope Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, wintering Northern Parulas, and more | |
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Pileated Woodpecker, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher, Rusty Blackbird and more | |
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Great Shearwater, Blue-footed Booby invasion, Curlew Sandpiper, Eastern Kingbird, Painted Bunting, and more | |
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Arctic Loon, Sandhill Crane, Dipper at Laguna Grande, Nelson's Sparrow, and more | |
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Little Gull, female Vermilion Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, type 3 Red Crossbills, Common Cuckoo in SCZ, and more | |
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"Blue" Goose, Red-eyed Vireo, Prothonotary Warbler, and more | |
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Yellow-billed Loon, Crested Caracara, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Western Bluebird nest in P.G., and more | |
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Cassin's Kingbird, Tennessee Warbler, Green-tailed Towhee, Black-throated Sparrow, and more | |
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Brown Booby, Ancient Murrelets, Ruff, singing Palm Warbler, and more | |
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Great-winged Petrel, Barrow's Goldeneye, Vaux's Swift nest, Black-throated Sparrow, and more | |
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Laysan Albatross, Ruff, N. Saw-whet Owl nest, Lewis's Woodpecker, and more | |
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Great Crested Flycatcher, Mountain Bluebird on coast, American Tree Sparrow, more | |
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Cook's Petrels, Long-tailed Jaegers, Eastern Kingbird and more | |
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Murphy's Petrel, Long-eared Owl, Hooded Warbler, Snow Bunting and more | |
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Swainson's Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, Kentucky Warbler, Canada Warbler, and more | |
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Brown Booby, Long-tailed Duck, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, Lapland Longspur, and more | |
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Streaked Shearwater, Townsend's Solitaire, Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-throated Pipit, and more | |
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Hudsonian Godwit, White-rumped & Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Least Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, & more | |
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Slaty-backed Gull, Horned Puffin, Short-tailed Albatross, Brown Booby, Crested Caracara, Palm Warbler, and more | |
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Blue-winged Warbler, Streaked Shearwater, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Chestnut-collared & Lapland Longspurs, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and more | |
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Lark Bunting, Black Skimmer nest attempt, pale Red-tailed Hawk, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and more | |
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Crested Caracara, California Condor nest attempt, Painted Bunting, Rufous Hummingbirds, White-throated Sparrows, Pacific Golden-Plover, and more | |
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Brown Thrasher, fledgling Xantus's Murrelet, Little Blue Heron, White-winged Dove, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Sandhill Crane, Laughing Gull, Vermilion Flycatcher, and more | |
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Vermilion Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Sage Thrasher, 'Common' Teal, Solitary Sandpiper, and more | |
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Dusky Warbler, Manx Shearwater, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Brewer's & Clay-colored Sparrow, Craveri's Murrelets, and more | |
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White-eyed & Yellow-throated Vireos, Yellow-billed Loon, Northern Parula nest, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, and more | |
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Bell's Vireo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged Warbler, Least Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, Franklin's Gull, Long-tailed Duck, and more | |
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Louisiana Waterthrush, Emperor Goose, Green-tailed Towhee, Indigo Bunting, Zone-tailed Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Mountain Bluebird, Summer Tanager, and more | |
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Crested Caracara, Blackburnian Warbler, Prairie & Virginia's Warbler, Nelson's Sparrow, Rock Sandpiper, and more | |
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Red-necked Stint, Scarlet Tanager, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Worm-eating Warbler, Ruff, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Painted Bunting, and more | |
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Yellow-billed Loon, 'Cackling' & 'Aleutian' Geese, Northern Parula, Hammond's Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, and more | |
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Common Grackle, Great-tailed Grackle nest, Painted Buntings, Harris's Sparrow, and more | |
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White-winged Tern, Tricolored Heron, Brown Booby, Townsend's Solitaire, Heermann's Gull nest, "Gray-headed" Junco, and more | |
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Short-tailed Albatross, Tundra Swan |
content & photos © Don Roberson,
except that
some photos © as shown on linked pages
some photos © as shown on linked pages