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Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove : December 7, 2021

After a shockingly low count of fewer than 2000 butterflies found wintering in all of California during the 2020-2021 season, populations have rebounded to an estimate of 22,000 currently at the Pismo Beach grove.

Crested (domestic) duck

Domestic Mallards

Gull with a leg band

American Coot

Long-billed Curlew

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Sanderlings

Heerman's Gull

This one was bullying the Sanderlings

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Bufflehead

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Dark-eyed Junco

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Townsend's Warbler

Sand Dollar

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Santa Monica Pier

Carnival Radiance and Queen Mary

Del Mar Fairgroundds