[EBB Sightings] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wilson's Snipe at Eastshore State Park

EBBers,

At 10:30 this morning at Eastshore 
State Park along the Berkeley 
waterfront I saw a BLUE-GRAY 
GNATCATCHER and two WILSON'S SNIPE. 
Both species were along the trail 
that starts across the street from 
the Seabreeze Restaurant (located 
at the junction of University Ave. 
and the frontage road along the 
west side of Highway 80 in 
Berkeley) and cuts diagonally 
across the "meadow" to the Berkeley 
Marina.  The Gnatcatcher was in 
clumps of Coyote Brush about 100 
yards from the beginning of the 
trail, near an 8 foot tall rusted 
pipe along the right hand side of 
the trail.  The Snipe were a little 
further west along the trail, 
hanging out in the vernal wetlands 
on both sides of the trail.  A 
Yellow-shafted X Red-shafted 
Northern Flicker was in the same 
Coyote Bushes as the Gnatcatcher.

Good birding,

Bob Battagin
Oakland, CA