[EBB Sightings] GGAS Does Lake Merritt

Two intrepid birders joined Travis and me for the regular GGAS monthly 
trip to Lake Merritt, enjoying an almost-rain-free and not-too-chilly 
morning. We saw (or in two cases heard very clearly) 36 species of 
countable birds, of which the stars - for me, anyway - were the trio of 
Red-breasted Mergansers much closer in than usual, on the Lakeshore side 
  about halfway between the islands and the Embarcadero end of the lake.

We also saw a Snowy Egret in full mating puffball mode, an Eared Grebe 
with the golden eye fans most of the way in, and many Double-crested 
Cormorants strutting their bunny-eared stuff.

And Travis gave us the close-in skinny on how to tell Greater and Lesser 
Scaups apart when the head shape is ambiguous....

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