[EBB Sightings] Lake Merritt Franklin's Chat

Birders,

We spotted the FRANKLIN'S GULL sitting on one of the floating 
cylindrical booms as soon as we arrived at Lake Merritt this morning at 
9:10. At 10:45 we had the TUFTED DUCK in with the scaups. In between we 
birded in and around the Garden Center and had WILSON'S WARBLER, 
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, WARBLING VIREO, and PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, 
but unfortunately no chat.

Dennis and Patricia Braddy
San Ramon

On Apr 30, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Bruce Mast wrote:

> The Franklin's Gull remains at Lake Merritt this morning, Saturday, 
> April
> 30. I left it around 10:30 preening in the water just off the path 
> between
> the duck feeding area and the Embarcadero.
> I also found a Yellow-breasted Chat singing in the Oak and Strawberry 
> Trees
> next to the Garden Center. I first spotted it around 9 am and it was 
> still
> there when I checked back around 10. By 10:30 it had either gone 
> silent or
> moved on. The trees are on the east side, between the Garden Center 
> and the
> Lawn Bowl Club. They are right next to the building, adjacent to the 
> little
> driveway that goes behind the Garden Center to an employee parking lot.
> The female Tufted Duck is still cruising around the duck feeding area 
> with
> the remaining scaups.