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Status: Complete

Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Date: September 25
Location: To Santa Domingo
Page Number: 2546

Santa Domingo, all within two miles of the
sea-shore:Turkey Buzzard (nearly always in
sight, 17 checked); Black Phoebe ( 1, among composite
weeds in San Telmo bottom); Marsh Hawk ( 2, both
blue males, one skimming zigzag over agave
plain!); Willet (at least 8 scattered along Colnett
Beach); Farallon Cormorant (12 or more
outside of surf); Western Gull (6 adults on Colnett
Beach, and others along the low cliffs);
Long-billed Curlew ( one seen plainly on the Colnett
Beach, then in flight close by); Royal Tern
(one , over ocean); Sanderling ( one close by on
sandy beach);Snowy Plover ( a pair in sand-
dunes and a flock of 16 in flight at Colnett
Beach); Barn Swallow (fully 12 over both
bottoms); Large-billed Sparrow ( one shot at
Colnett "Village" from bush at edge of salicornia);
Pigeon Hawk ( a very dark one flying over the
beach); Horned Lark ( one heard); Shrike ( one
on mesa flew from perch on agave stalk);
Forster Tern (two along beach at mouth of San
Telmo Valley); Spotted Sandpiper (one at edge
of slough in San Telmo Valley); Killdeer (one flying
in San Telmo bottom); Say Phoebe ( 4+, singly
over agave mesas); Sparrow Hawk (1, flying
along bluff); Great Blue Heron (one along bluff);
Brown Pelican ( singly and in files flying along
surf about at level of top of sea bluff);

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Nathani

Several of the birds such as Say's phoebe are shown without the "'s". The willet and water gull were originally marked as being at San Telmo Beach but have been changed to Colnett Beach.