[EBB Sightings] GGAS Bicycle San Leandro-Hayward Shoreline Sun Nov 11

San Leandro to Hayward on the SF Bay Trail GGAS Bicycle Trip
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Leader: Kathy Jarrett
Trip Report
Starting from the San Leandro Marina at 10:30, we soon encountered a
Greater Scaup seemingly affected by oil contamination; it was on the
beach at the 3/4 mile mark and pecking at its back. At Johnson?s
Landing, on the bay near the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, a
Surf Scoter was on the grass, a sight not seen by Judi Sierra and me
before; it was there at least ? hour later as we returned after lunch.
But the rocks showed no oil, and the other birds we observed seemed
quite normal. At Frank?s Dump at the intersection of the SF Bay Trail
and the paved trail leading to W Winton Ave we saw American Pipits,
Horned Larks and Savannah Sparrows. The tide was high and it was windy,
so great numbers of shorebirds were huddled away from the bay in the
numerous bodies of water on the seven miles of waterfront covered. 55
species seen. 
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon (I)
Mourning Dove
Black Phoebe
Horned Lark
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
American Pipit
European Starling (I)
California Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow (I)


kathy jarrett
kathy_jarrett at yahoo.com

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