Oldsquaw in Berkeley
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:36:03 PST
From: Denise Wight
The Oldsquaw was just north of the Berkeley Pier today, around 4:30 PM. It is a stunning long-tailed male.
If anyone has photographed this actual bird, full frame and in good lighting (of which we have had little lately), I would love having a copy to show my birding classes and to add to the Mount Diablo Audubon Society slide collection. Please call me at (925) 370-7342.
Denise Wight
Martinez, CA
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Re: Oldsquaw in Berkeley
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:50:11 -0800
From: Kirk Swenson
Denise Wight wrote:
The Oldsquaw was just north of the Berkeley Pier today, around 4:30 PM. It is a stunning long-tailed male.
That's very interesting because the bird I saw and reported from there last week was a short-tailed first-winter male, so either it just completed a lightning-quick molt or there are two birds hanging around the Berkeley pier that have never been reported together.
If anyone has photographed this actual bird, full frame and in good lighting (of which we have had little lately), I would love having a copy to show my birding classes and to add to the Mount Diablo Audubon Society slide collection.
I haven't yet, but I may have a chance to drag my camera out this weekend. I had close views in good light last week, but didn't have my camera with me.
Kirk Swenson
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Re: Oldsquaw in Berkeley
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:46:41 -0800
From: Bob Brandriff
Barbara and I did see two Oldsquaws at the Berkeley Pier on 12/21; of course that's over three weeks ago now; unfortunately we didn't study them very carefully as we were totally pre-occupied looking at gulls; neither of them had long tail feathers.
Bob
Coyote Hills: Varied Thrush
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:08:05 PST
From: Bill Scoggins
16 January 1999, 10:24 AM - 2:45 PM.
Hello East Bay Birders,
After birding Coyote Hills Regional Park this morning by myself I joined Dave Riensche's (Doc Quack) beginning birders' class at noon for their field trip at the park. The rain stopped and the sun warmed the air. Highlights included Eared Grebe, Bufflehead, Northern Pintail, White Pelican, Varied Thrush, and Great Horned Owl. Here is my complete list.
9 Eared Grebe, 8 Pied-billed Grebe, 19 [American] White Pelican, 4 Double-crested Cormorant, 1 Great Blue Heron, 5 Great Egret, 1 Cinnamon Teal, 8 Gadwall, 4 Green-winged Teal, 35 Mallard, 1 Northern Pintail, 25 Northern Shoveler, 68 Canvasback, 2 Bufflehead, 95 Ruddy Duck, 4 Turkey Vulture, 1 White-tailed Kite, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 2 Ring-necked Pheasant, 7 Mourning Dove, 4 California Quail, 1 Great Horned Owl, 1 Sora , 43 American Coot, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 7 unidentified gulls, 1 Anna's Hummingbird, 1 Nuttall's Woodpecker, 2 Black Phoebe, 8 Tree Swallow, 4 Western Scrub-Jay, 2 Common Raven, 3 Marsh Wren, 1 Bewick's Wren, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Varied Thrush, 3 Hermit Thrush, 5 American Robin, 1 Northern Mockingbird, 12 European Starling, 2 Spotted Towhee, 3 California Towhee, 2 Fox Sparrow, 4 Song Sparrow, 29 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 21 White-crowned Sparrow.
The Bufflehead and Pintail were seen near Lizard Rock. The Canvasback, Sora, Common Moorhen, and Eared Grebe were located in the big pond north of the boardwalk. The Great Horned Owl, Varied and Hermit Thrush, and Fox Sparrow were seen at Hoot Hollow.
A western pond turtle was seen in the middle of the pond near Lizard Rock. About 15 California Chorus Frogs (formerly Calif. Tree Frogs) were heard at Hoot Hollow and around the ponds.
My birding route started at the Hoot Hollow; then continued on to the Visitor Center area. I crossed the Board Walk traveling east to the beginning of the Dust Trail.
Happy Birding,
Bill Scoggins
Castro Valley, CA
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