Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR
Sat, 9 Oct 1999 20:03:44 PDT
From: Bill Scoggins
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
9 to 11 AM, 9 October 1999
Dr. Howard Cogswell was the trip leader for the Ohlone Audubon Society and friends. We saw 46 species this morning in the marsh near the NWR entrance. Kathy Robertson spotted one of two calling Clapper Rails at the bridge by the entrance road. We were thrilled to watch the clapper attack a live crab. The crab was about 4 inches in diameter and escaped after fighting off the clapper with its claws. Six Semipalmated Plovers were also spotted.
Double-crested Cormorant, 2 flying over
Great Blue Heron, 1
Great Egret, 2
Snowy Egret, 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1
Green-winged Teal, 25+
Mallard, 12+
Turkey Vulture, 2
White-tailed Kite, 2
Northern Harrier, 1
Red-tailed Hawk, 3
American Kestrel, 1 male
Clapper Rail, 1 plus 1 by voice
Virginia Rail, 3 by voice
Sora, 2 by voice
Black-bellied Plover, 7
Semipalmated Plover, 6
Killdeer, 9
Greater Yellowlegs, 5
Western Sandpiper, 40
Least Sandpiper, 12
gull species, 4
hummingbird species, 2
Mourning Dove, 1
Northern Flicker, 2
Black Phoebe, 4
Barn Swallow, 1
Western Scrub-Jay, 3
Common Raven, 5
Bewick's Wren, 1 by voice
Marsh Wren, 6 by voice
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 by voice
Northern Mockingbird, 1 seen by a few
European Starling, 7
Orange-crowned Warbler, 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler ?
Common Yellowthroat, 2
warbler species, 1
Spotted Towhee, 1
California Towhee, 1
Fox Sparrow, 2
Song Sparrow, 5
Golden-crowned Sparrow, 3
White-crowned Sparrow, 15
Red-winged Blackbird, 1
Western Meadowlark, 4
House Finch, 61 small fence lizard
1 Black-tail Hare
The Ohlone Audubon Society leads one trip a month to the San Francisco Bay NWR; please join us! See the OAS trip calendar at the following web site:
Ohlone Audubon Society: http://member.aol.com/wnscoggins/oas.html
Happy birding,
Bill Scoggins
Castro Valley
Berkeley Meadows
Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:40:15 -0700
From: Lillian Fujii
Ore Camhi and I spent the morning birding the Berkeley Meadows (undeveloped field at Hwy I-80 and University). The highlites were a Palm Warbler and many White-crowned Sparrows. Somewhat complete list follows.
Happy birding. Lillian Fujii
Accipiter sp. - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 1 flyover
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird - 3
Black Phoebe - 1
Bushtit - 23
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - about 20
Yellow Warbler - 3
Townsend's Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - many, more than 50
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
Golden-crowned Sparrow - a few
White-crowned Sparrow - 200+
Red-winged Blackbird - 50+
Western Meadowlark - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - H
House Finch - 500+
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch