[EBB Sightings] Parasitic Jaeger continues at Berkeley Pier

This morning (Sun., Oct 14) at about 11:15 am, a juvenile PARASITIC 
JAEGER continued near the end of Berkeley Pier.

We had been waiting and watching from the end of the publicly 
accessible portion of the pier for about 15 minutes when we decided 
to start walking back.  We had walked about 30 yards back down the 
pier when the bird flew past us along the south side of the pier 
within about 20 feet, providing superb if brief views of the 
rusty-buffy plumage.  We returned to the end of the pier to watch it 
make repeated passes at the abandoned section of the pier, disturbing 
the roosting shorebirds into flight (perhaps they thought it was a 
falcon?).  The roosting Forster's terns appeared oddly 
unperturbed.  Eventually, the jaeger lit on the bay fairly far along 
the old pier, becoming just a distant dark spot bobbing on the water.

Later, the male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen among the Americans at 
Albany mudflats.  The best birds seen from Albany Bulb were 2 or 3 
first-of-season American Pipits.

Good birding,
--
Laura Look
Pinole, CA