[EBB Sightings] Arrowhead Marsh at this morning's high tide

Supplementing Bob's report, the Greater White-fronted
Goose has a lame foot; either broken foot or leg. It
is mobile. It flew several times, essentially saying
"can't catch me" as another birder and I made a few
feeble attempts at capture. While on land, it rests on
its belly and eats from a lying down position, and
when it needs to hops along on 1 leg. A gamer.

At one time, there were 20+ Black Turnstones on the
lawn adjacent to Doolittle Dr., opposite Arrowhead
Marsh. Over the course of the 10-12 watch the
shorebird numbers swelled into well over 1,000 on the
dock.

Good birding,

Bob Power
Oakland, CA 
> Hi EBBer's,
> 
> At this morning's high tide at Arrowhead Marsh there
> were 5 Clapper Rails 
> visible off the viewing pier and others heard.  As
> the tide rose and 
> vegetation disappeared the far end of the viewing
> pier became the roosting 
> area for hundreds of Willets, Marbled Godwits, and a
> few Black Turnstones. 
> The birders present kept a distance from the roost
> and enjoyed the sight.  I 
> checked the yellow Gum Plants for unusual sparrows,
> but none found.  In the 
> same plants, the combined Marsh Wrens, Common
> Yellowthroats, Song Sparrows, 
> Savannah Sparrows and Crowned Sparrows added up to
> well over one hundred.
> 
> Across the channel to the west a Greater
> White-fronted Goose was with a 
> Canada Goose flock foraging on the lawn.  A Eurasian
> Wigeon was in the 
> mitigation marsh on the drive into the main
> Arrowhead Marsh parking lot.
> 
> Good birding,
> Bob Battagin
> Oakland, CA 
> 
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