[EBB Sightings] re: Eurasian Wigeon and other EBB Waterfowl

Happy National Don't Buy Anything Day!
  I, too, visited Albany yesterday and was pleased to
see the Eurasian wigeon still there among his American
cousins around 2:30. Nice bird! As already noted there
were lots of shorebirds and other ducks. I spotted a
few pintails and a female green-winged teal, her green
shining in the sun, standing asleep on the mud; there
may have been others, but I didn't pick them out.
  Has there been anymore about the reported northern
waterthrush at Lake Merrit? Or the Redwood pileated
woodpecker? I was up there Tuesday late afternoon and
saw and heard nothing of it--and the woods seemed
unusually quiet in general. Some California towhees, a
few chickadees (heard) and, perhaps a winter wren,
though my glimpse was so short and the woods dark
enough that I can't claim it. 
Cheers,
Alan Howe
North Oakland

--- David Diller  wrote:

> Today we decided for a leasurely paced birding day
> starting at about 9:00 am. Found the Martinez
> Cackling and  White-fronted Geese with the Canadas
> at the ball field and
>   Barrow's Goldeneye offshore.
>    
>   At 11:00 am we stopped for the male Eurasian
> Wigeon in Albany (thanks to Bob Power's timely
> report earlier today), and there he was in the sun,
> excellent. Lots of other shorebirds and ducks.
>    
>   Next we tried Merritt Lake for the Tufted Duck and
> Snow Goose, but missed both, 
>   although we didn't search too diligently( I was
> eager to move on to GG Park and wife was eager for a
> coffee) Great close up views of the both Goldeneye
> species among others. 
>    
>   Next we crossed the bay for Bells Vireo which we
> saw ( see SF Birds)
>    
>   Nice day. 
>    
>    
>   David
> 
> 
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