[EBB Sightings] Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland

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I was out at Arrowhead yesterday, as well, with my son, and was pleased 
to see the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (a life bird for me; I'd 
missed the bird on all previous trips over the past month, probably 
because I never quite managed to make it out there near high tide).

I took several pictures, and was asked by a couple of people if I'd 
share them, so here is a link to an album with a few of the photos I 
took yesterday:

http://homepage.mac.com/herebedragons/Arrowhead/

Anyone who would like to have copies, you're welcome to grab them from 
the website for your own personal (or scientific) use - I would 
appreciate an e-mail letting me know which photos you've downloaded. 
Also, if anyone would like higher resolution versions, let me know and 
I can send them. (The sparrow photos are mostly full size on the web, 
but have been compressed; some of the other photos were reduced and 
compressed). Any troubles with the website, let me know. This is the 
first time I'm sharing an album created with some new software, so I'm 
crossing my fingers that it all works the way I think it will. :D

Enjoy!

:)

Wendy St. John
herebedragons at mac.com
San Ramon, CA

On Jan 9, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Travis Hails wrote:

> Today at Arrowhead Marsh (Martin Luther King Jr Regional Park), 
> Oakland a large crowd I counted 60) turned out to try for the Nelson's 
> Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) . The tide was the highest 
> of the 2004-05 winter.
> High tide came and went without the Nelson's at its usual place, the 
> point of the triangular island just west of the pier/boardwalk that 
> goes into the marsh. It was finally located about 75 yards further 
> along the path, on the west shore, between the path and the water. 
> After much jockeying for viewing positions, most saw the bird before 
> it flew over to the triangular island. A few minutes after that, it 
> arrived at the usual corner, one hour after the high tide. Lots of 
> good scope views for everyone.
> The other highlight was having Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), 
> Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), and Sora (Porzana carolina) in a 
> singular binocular view. A nice opportunity to compare the two rails.
> Travis Hails

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I was out at Arrowhead yesterday, as well, with my son, and was
pleased to see the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (a life bird for me;
I'd missed the bird on all previous trips over the past month,
probably because I never quite managed to make it out there near high
tide). 


I took several pictures, and was asked by a couple of people if I'd
share them, so here is a link to an album with a few of the photos I
took yesterday:


http://homepage.mac.com/herebedragons/Arrowhead/


Anyone who would like to have copies, you're welcome to grab them from
the website for your own personal (or scientific) use - I would
appreciate an e-mail letting me know which photos you've downloaded.
Also, if anyone would like higher resolution versions, let me know and
I can send them. (The sparrow photos are mostly full size on the web,
but have been compressed; some of the other photos were reduced and
compressed). Any troubles with the website, let me know. This is the
first time I'm sharing an album created with some new software, so I'm
crossing my fingers that it all works the way I think it will. :D


Enjoy! 


:)


Wendy St. John

herebedragons at mac.com

San Ramon, CA


On Jan 9, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Travis Hails wrote:


Marsh (Martin Luther King Jr Regional Park), Oakland a large crowd I
counted 60) turned out to try for the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
(Ammodramus nelsoni) . The tide was the highest of the 2004-05 winter.


without the Nelson's at its usual place, the point of the triangular
island just west of the pier/boardwalk that goes into the marsh. It
was finally located about 75 yards further along the path, on the west
shore, between the path and the water. After much jockeying for
viewing positions, most saw the bird before it flew over to the
triangular island. A few minutes after that, it arrived at the usual
corner, one hour after the high tide. Lots of good scope views for
everyone.


having Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Virginia Rail (Rallus
limicola), and Sora (Porzana carolina) in a singular binocular view. A
nice opportunity to compare the two rails.




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