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Long-billed Curlew by Vinayak Hebbagil

Coastside Birding at Moss Landing

Moss Landing, the town in the north-side of Monterey county, is a great place to view birds that utilize mudflats as well as those that are by the coast. We will start our birding from Jetty road which allows us to look into Elkhorn Slough and the area is home to a variety of shorebirds such as Willets, Marbled Godwits, Black bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers and more. Additionally, we will be on the look out for various species of gulls and terns in the channel. We'll then walk along the Moss Landing State beach shore, to look for sandpipers, plovers, sanderling, scoters, grebes, loons and cormorants.

These areas are also home to Harbor Seals and Sea Otters so we will keep an eye for them too!

Trip Difficulty: 2 miles; paved, little or no elevation gain, most of the trail will be paved pathway along Jetty road, though it will be sandy on the beach

Leaders: Vinayak Hebbagil (585) 705-6643, Shweta Shidhore (585) 748-5117, Howard Friedman (408) 806-6772 and Matthew Dodder (650) 868-4922

Beginner Friendly

Meet: end of Jetty Rd

Directions: From Highway 1 South, take the Jetty Road on the right, and proceed until the end of the road. Park on any of the pullout parking spaces and meet at 36.809779, -121.788501

Facilities: porta-potties

Parking Type and Fees: free parking, dirt pullouts

Banner Photo: Long-billed Curlew by Vinayak Hebbagil

Questions? Email general questions to fieldtrips@scvas.org or contact the trip leader for questions regarding the event.