RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (Mergus serrator) are transients and visitors to several California Channel Islands.
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SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
1984 San Cemente Island: “RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (Mergus serrator). Rare winter-spring visitor: six records from 25
Nov to 11 Apr.”
The Birds of San Clemente Island, 1984
SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
1927 San Miguel Island: “Mergus serrator. Red-brested Merganser. Two were noted by DeGroot and Pemberton close to Prince Islet.” [“Through the generosity of Mr. Silsby M. Spalding who placed at our disposal his splendid cruiser Padariva I the writer accompanied by H. W. Carriger, Dudley DeGroot and 0. W. Howard was enabled to spend the period from March 25 to April 5, 1927, inclusive, among the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California.”]
Pemberton, J. R. Additions to the known avifauna of the Santa Barbara Islands The Condor 30(2):144-148, March-April 1928
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island | D. A. Guthrie | PBDB | n.d. | PBDB-120829 | Mergus serrator | Birds [fossil specimen] |
| San Miguel Island | D. A. Guthrie | PBDB | n.d. | PBDB-125236 | Mergus serrator | Birds [fossil specimen] |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
1907 Santa Cruz Island: “Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. Frequently seen about Northwest Harbor, feeding in the tide pools. The craw of a female, obtained December 2, contained 9 rock bass and one spotted shark, each 2 to 4 inches long.” [“At 11:30 p. m., November 19, 1907, my father (H. Linton), Mr. George Willett, and myself left San Pedro harbor in a dilapidated fishing smack and in company with a crawfisherman, one “Cold-foot” Jorgensen. We arrived off the south end of Santa Cruz Island at 10:30 the following day during a stiff norwester. For various reasons we were unable to make camp until the 22nd. It may not be amiss to state here that twice during the blow we were nearly wrecked: once while at anchor in Potatoe Harbor, a broken anchor allowing the boat to drift within the breaker line and nearly onto the rocks. In this instance the timely arrival of Willett and H. Linton in a small boat, saved the day, and incidentally the fishing smack. At another time (the engine having broken down) we were blown nearly onto the rocks of Anacapa Island; but with father at the wheel and Willett and I on the “sheet” we managed to hold her off. I mention the foregoing, and the many sleepless nights spent on the rocky shores, “running” the surf several times each day (with attendant duckings), etc., merely as a warning to those who seem inclined to believe a field naturalists ’ life “strewn with roses”. (Its ’ generally strewn with cacti!)”]
Linton, C. B. Notes from Santa Cruz Island] The Condor 10(3):124-129, May 1908
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Cruz Island | no collector listed | FMNH | February 12, 1896 | FMNH-103538 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | no collector listed | FMNH | March 15, 1896 | FMNH-103538 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | C. B. Linton | MCZ | December 2, 1907 | MCZ-53956 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | C. P. Streator | MVZ | December 29, 1938 | MVZ-87860 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | C. P. Streator | MVZ | February 18, 1940 | MVZ-90442 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | R. Skein | CCBER | February 19, 1972 | CCBER-3448 | Mergus serrator | Birds |
ISLA SAN GERONIMO
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Isla San Geronimo | George Willett | LACM | April 14, 1912 | LACM-20959 | Mergus serrator serrator | Birds |
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