Moss Landing : April 29-30, 2024

April 29: around Elkhorn Slough

Unfortunately, the preserve itself was closed that day.

Egrets and cormorants

Blue-winged Teal

American Coot chick

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Mallard

Mallard with her chicks

April 30: Fast Raft Ocean Safaris

I took a whale watching tour with Fast Raft Ocean Safaris out of Moss Landing. We got a good look at some humpbacks and Pacific White-sided Dolphins, along with a variety of birds.

Marbled Godwit

Harbor Seal

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Surf Scoter

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Semipalmated Plover

Double-crested Cormorant

Eared Grebe

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Black Skimmer

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It caught a fish

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Red-breasted Merganser (?)

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Western Grebe

Brandt's Cormorants and Brown Pelican

Pretty good camouflage

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Sea otter

Sea lions

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Humpback Whale

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Just under the surface

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Common Murres

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Elegant Tern

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Pacific Loon

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C-27J Spartan

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Pacific White-sided Dolphin

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Velella

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Red-necked Phalarope

Black-footed Albatross (?)

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Many phalaropes were poking at Velellas

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Sooty Shearwaters

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Sooty Shearwater

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Probably a Risso's Dolphin

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Captain Kate and Brian

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Common Loon

Red-necked Grebe

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Pigeon Guillemots

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Elegant Terns

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Our cruise track and sonar (at dock)

Sandpipers

Barn Swallow

Savannah Sparrow (?)

Seal haulout

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Forster's Tern

Western Gulls