[EBB Sightings] Black Skimmers at Crab Cove, Alameda, ALA Co.

Greetings EBB'ers,
 
Yesterday morning (1 February 2007), ca. 9:50 AM,  six BLACK SKIMMERS  were 
sitting on the rocky breakwater that juts out into Ballena Bay from  the Crab 
Cove section of Robert Crown Memorial State 
Beach, EBRPD. Five of us (FLATLANDERS Walking Class from Acalanes Adult  ED., 
Walnut Creek) and one other local birder (I didn't get her name) found  them. 
This was during a medium high tide, thus other resting/loafing birds  were on 
nearby rocks: Willet, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Western  (and 
Least?) Sandpipers.
 
I had earlier first reported this flock (11) on 24 Jan. 2007 and Dave  Quady 
reported (3) them for yesterday, see below for Dave's  directions:
 
EBBers:

At noon today three Black Skimmers were loafing on the small  rock 
breakwater at the entrance to Ballena Isle Marina.  Park at the  end of 
McKay Ave in Alameda, and walk to the water's edge at Robert Crown  
Memorial State Beach.  This was the same general (at least) area where  
Phil Gordon reported 11 birds a week previous.

The breakwater was  also a loafing spot for numerous other water birds 
just after high tide,  which today was 6.5 ft at 9:36 am at the Golden 
Gate.

Phil E. Gordon
_PAGPEG at aol.com_ (mailto:PAGPEG at aol.com) 
 
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