[EBB Sightings] Black Rails?

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Hi all,
I'm not aware of anyplace in the East Bay where one might go and expect to 
have any kind of reasonable chance of seeing a Black Rail. Of course that 
doesn't mean that there isn't, just that I haven't heard of one. The marsh north of 
Pt. Isabel, around Meeker Slough, strikes me as the most accesible place in 
Contra Costa County where you might have a shot. They don't breed there, so it 
would need to be a wintering bird, if any in fact winter there. 
I think I have heard of them being seen at Alameda South Shore at the Elsie 
Roemer Sanctuary but not with any reliability. 
Of course there are other things that could be seen at a high tide, including 
Clapper Rails, Swamp Sparrow or even a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, the 
latter of which has yet to be found in Contra Costa County.
Keep your heads above water,
Steve Glover
Dublin

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=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hi all,

I'm not aware of anyplace in the East Bay where one might go and expect to h=
ave any kind of reasonable chance of seeing a Black Rail. Of course that doe=
sn't mean that there isn't, just that I haven't heard of one. The marsh nort=
h of Pt. Isabel, around Meeker Slough, strikes me as the most accesible plac=
e in Contra Costa County where you might have a shot. They don't breed there=
, so it would need to be a wintering bird, if any in fact winter there. 

I think I have heard of them being seen at Alameda South Shore at the Elsie=20=
Roemer Sanctuary but not with any reliability. 

Of course there are other things that could be seen at a high tide, includin=
g Clapper Rails, Swamp Sparrow or even a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, the=20=
latter of which has yet to be found in Contra Costa County.

Keep your heads above water,

Steve Glover

Dublin

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