[EBB Sightings] Contra Costa central county bird count

    Bay area birderts,


    Saturday was the central Contra Costa county bird count and though the day was cold, we did not have rain. The total species seen this year was 151, a very good number for an inland count.
    Highlights were a Bald Eagle seen at dawn fling over Rossmoor in Walnut Creek, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Newell Park in Concord(probably the same bird that was seen there last year.), Violet-green Swallow and Barn Swallow over the Delta, 4 Redheads at the Contra Costa water treatment reservoir in Concord, Mt. Bluebirds at the top of Mitchell Canyon on Mt. Diablo, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers on Mt. Diablo and a Yellow-headed Blackbird near the Delta Though a strange highlight I guess, we are seeing increasing numbers of Great-tailed Grackle in the county. More than 20 were seen Saturday.
    We missed several birds we almost always see including Western Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, and several shorebirds.

Jimm Edgar
Co-Compiler
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