[EBB Sightings] Ross's Goose, Oakland

I noticed a number of greater scaup still hanging
around along the bay shore between Richmond & Albany
on Monday. Among others spotted:
Caspian tern
Pacific loon
gadwall
avocet--lots!
ruddy duck--resplendent in their breeding plumage
grebes--various
long-billed curlew
black oystercatcher (I'm pretty sure; they were a ways
 off)
Canada geese with all sizes of goslings
killdeer
blackbirds--redwing and Brewers all over
house finch
various sparrows
bushtit
turkey vulture
At the Berkeley Meadow the blackbirds were ruthlessly
pursuing a redtail and then a white-tailed kite and
barn swallows were doing their acrobatics, along with
other swallows I couldn't quite ID. An Anna's hummer
gave me a good look and the mourning doves were
numerous.
A great afternoon--except for the sunburn I got on my
bald pate--in the pattern of my bicycle helmet's
vents. I'm not too wild about having stripes.
Cheers,
Alan Howe
North Oakland

--- Glen Tepke  wrote:

> The wintering Ross's Goose was still at Lake Merritt
> this morning, on the grass in the adjacent park
> between the Embarcadero and I-580.  Perhaps it has
> given up on the rigors of migration and chosen to
> stick with the soft life in sunny Oakland.  Most of
> the other wintering waterfowl left weeks ago, and
> the last lingering scaup and eared grebes left
> within the last few days.
> 
> Glen Tepke
> Oakland
> g.tepke (at) comcast (dot) net
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