September 28th

On the 28th we saw the arrival of some new birds with the overcast conditions and SSW winds. The complete list of birds seen on the island follows.

Location: Southeast Farallon Island
Observation date: 9/28/08
Number of species: 39

Eared Grebe 6
Pink-footed Shearwater 41
Buller's Shearwater 6
Sooty Shearwater 29
Brown Pelican 349
Peregrine Falcon 2
Wandering Tattler 10
Willet 1
Whimbrel 13
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Black Turnstone 54
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Heermann's Gull 49
California Gull 605
Elegant Tern 4
Pomarine Jaeger 2
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Black Phoebe 4
Say's Phoebe 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Lesser Goldfinch 1