[EBB Sightings] Black Rails?

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East Bay Birding Resources

Just FYI, there are some useful resources for finding birds in the 
East Bay which are accessible through the Mount Diablo Audubon site. 
Among them are Steve Glover's helpful Contra Costa County birding 
guide, the CCC Breeding Bird Atlas in cool graphical form, and a 
"places locator" for Alameda and CCC counties.  The birding guide, 
for example, mentions at least 4 places where Black Rails can be 
heard in CCC. 

These three resources (and others) are available from the homepage 
under the 'local habitat' link:
http://www.diabloaudubon/index.php

The first two references that I mentioned are familiar to many of 
you.  The "places locator" is something brand new which was a project 
originally begun by Larry Tunstall.   In its present (and still 
evolving form), I think its best use for birders is to locate places 
using the curious names that birders ascribe to them.  If you don't 
know where "Frank's Dump" is located, for example, try that new tool.

Patrick King
Martinez/Berkeley




At 5:40 AM -0800 12/9/04, Kay Loughman wrote:
>Birders,
>The next few days will have very high tides during daylight hours. 
>Does anyone have suggestions about where to look for Black Rails in 
>the East Bay?  Any other seldom-seen species to watch for?
>Kay Loughman
>Berkeley
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