[EBB Sightings] Oakland roof top birding

Hi EBBers,

I took a look at the Rockridge Shopping Center mini-reservoir this morning 
and found six water birds:  Double-crested Cormorant, Canada Goose, 
Bufflehead, Mallard, American Coot, and Pied-billed Grebe.  Also present in 
the deciduous tree at the waterfall end of the reservoir was a Red-tailed 
Hawk.

I observed these birds from the top of the cliff to the east of the 
reservoir.  You gain access by parking at the entrance to the nearby 
Catholic cemetery and walking up hill to the chain link fence that borders 
the cliff.  From this vantage point I also noticed a Killdeer roosting on 
the gravel roof of the Long's Drug Store.

Good birding,
Bob Battagin
Oakland, CA