Red-necked Phalarope in Alameda
Mon, 01 Sep
2003 23:50:31 -0700
From: Anthony Fisher
There was a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope on the freshwater pond at Crab Cove in Alameda on August 30th.
Thanks.
Anthony Fisher
Red-necked Phalarope in Richmond
Tue, 2 Sep
2003 22:49:59 -0700
From: Terry Coddington
Dear EBBers,
And there was another Red-necked Phalarope (I think an adult) along the trail north from Point Isabel Regional Shoreline in Richmond where the tide waters enter the marsh. Also many, many Willets and two Long-billed Curlews in this area on Tuesday afternoon.
Terry Coddington
Fwd: Unusual gull in Emeryville
Fri, 05 Sep
2003 10:02:52 -0700
From: Mike Feighner
Forwarding for Floyd Hayes of Angwin, CA
Photos of an odd gull at Emeryville, Alameda County, are posted at:
http://www.geocities.com/floyd_hayes/birdphotos_caoddgullIf not an Iceland Gull (my first thought), what is it?I saw it in the morning and evening on Thursday, 4 September, on the docks at Emeryville Sportfishing Center, 3310 Powell Ave, approximately 1.25 miles west of Hwy 80 (between Berkeley and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge).
Floyd Hayes
Angwin, CA
Posted to EBB by Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA
Tilden Regional Park Nature Area, Berkeley Hills
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:14:58 -0700
From: Rusty Scalf
We had a pleasant Golden Gate Audubon Society birdwalk at Tilden Regional Park Nature Area (Berkeley Hills) this morning. 38 participants. Around the Visitors Center quite a lot of warbler action in the lerpy ecalyptus. Yellow Warblers (lots), Wilson's Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, and Townsend's Warblers. Some Western Tanagers too. Amazing what a difference the lerp infestations make. Virtually all the warblers were in these eucalyptus.
The canyon was rather quiet, as is typical for the date.
Rusty Scalf
Hidden Lakes Park, Martinez
Sat, 6 Sep 2003
14:49:50 PDT
From: Denise Wight
Hi East Bay Birders,
I took a brief walk around Hidden Lakes Park in Martinez this morning between 7:30 and 9:00 AM. Highlights included a young Willow Flycatcher in the willows at the side of the main lake, 5 Yellow Warblers, 3 Western Tanagers (all young), and a new bird for me for the park, a Lewis' Woodpecker. Also of note were 5 Acorn Woodpeckers in the eucalyptus grove, which is the highest number I have seen in the 19 years that I have been birding here.
Bewick's Wrens have seemed to make progress in settling into appropriate habitat around Hidden Lakes. Up until about a year ago I would see one or two a year. Now I see between 1 and 6 individuals each time I bird the park. I saw 3 today. I can only guess at the reasons for the increase in numbers. Possibly increased housing development in nearby areas is pushing them out of former haunts, or increases in local populations causing expansion?? Any other ideas?
Here are some other expected species which were seen:
Denise Wight
Martinez, CA
Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 22:27:44
-0700
From: Bruce Mast
I spent a few hours this morning scouting Arrowhead Marsh (in Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline, Oakland) in preparation for tomorrow's Golden Gate Audubon Society bird walk.
Highlights this morning included excellent prolonged views of 3 Clapper Rails in the vicinity of the boardwalk and numerous calling rails throughout the marsh. Perhaps half a dozen Common Yellowthroats were in the same area. There were good numbers of shorebirds but the high tide pushed them pretty far back into Mitigation Marsh. Views were decent with the scope. High tide today was around 11 AM.
Here's the full list from this morning:
41 species total.
Bruce Mast
Oakland
Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland
Sun, 7 Sep 2003 15:45:34
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From: Bruce Mast
This morning's Golden Gate Audubon Society field trip to Arrowhead Marsh (in Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline, Oakland) brought out about 20 birders for a pleasant walk under cool, cloudy skies. We tallied a satisfying 36 species in about 2 hours. Highlights (for me anyway) included extended looks at a cooperative Clapper Rail, a fly-by Belted Kingfisher, and a chipping pair of Common Yellowthroats. Most surprising miss of the morning had to be Marsh Wrens, which were calling and flitting about everywhere yesterday but stayed hunkered down today.
The trip gave us an excellent opportunity to compare Black-bellied Plovers in breeding and non-breeding plumage; review field marks of California Gulls and Western Gulls in flight; distinguish the shape, plumage, and call notes of Savannah Sparrows and Song Sparrows; and study the field marks of a number of interesting shorebirds.
A single Acorn Woodpecker was waiting for me when I rolled in to the park, just after 8 AM, but he was gone by the time the walk started at 9 AM. A Cooper's Hawk made a brief and distant appearance well after the walk ended.
The full trip list also included the following:
Bruce Mast
Oakland, CA