[EBB Sightings] CONTRA COSTA CO.

Today I saw 1, possibly 2 male HARLEQUIN DUCKS off of Brooks Island in 
Richmond. I drove to the end of Marina Bay Blvd. and scoped from there. 
The first bird was swimming with the Surf Scoters, later I saw another, 
maybe the same, bird loafing under the old pier on Brooks Island. Also 
loafing under the old pier on Brooks Island was a female, basic plumage 
LONG-TAILED DUCK.
The BRANT was still at Miller Knox Regional Park. It was near, but not 
really associating with, the Canada Goose flock at the lagoon. I also 
found a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the pines at the entrance to the north 
parking lot.
A fun thing was three logs standing together in the Richmond Marina. 
Each one had a different species of cormorant sitting on top. It was 
great to compare and contrast all three in the same scope view.

Kathy Parker
Los Gatos