New bird: Red-breasted Merganser. Looks alot like a common, but has a thinner bill. Had to have it confirmed because I wasn't quite sure.



I utterly failed to ID this Red-tailed Hawk. I thought it was a Harrier based solely on a small white patch on his butt and because he was in the area that in my mind was the 'Harrier place'.




Surf Scoter. Male and female.



I always fall for Song Sparrows and think they are something new. Song Sparrows have mored varying plumage than domestic hens, I guess.



Red-shouldered Hawk. Viewed from the safety of the car at an intersection.



Brown Pelicans in their winter plumage.



Preen preen preen.



Pelagic Cormorant next to his gull pal. These are a small kind of cormorant.



The ocean was very spitty. I'm fairly certain I damaged my camera in some tiny way, as it got quite soaked and I had to keep wiping off my filter and hiding the camera in my shirt.



Common Loon. Big bill, huge appetite.



Mostly Western Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls.



Varioues grebes. Horned and Eared.



A Great Egret who stood by the car calmly til the window rolled down, then freaked out and fled.


Common Goldeneye male.



Canvasback. A duck I always seem to see at one dude's pond every time we drive by. I have yet to see them anywhere else.



Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck.



A Black Oystercatcher. The waves were pounding and the birds were happy.