[EBB Sightings] Pt Pinole RS

Today (Fri, Nov. 16), I took a hike around Point Pinole Regional 
Shoreline in Richmond.  I was relieved to see very little oil or 
oiled birds.  One dead oiled grebe (horned, I think) on a beach on 
the south side was pointed out to me by 2 people who were 
surveying.  There was also a Western Grebe off Cook's Point that I 
thought might have a brown stain on its belly, but it was acting 
normally and didn't give me a very good look.

Best bird seen was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (apparently first-winter) 
with a small flock of Golden-Crowned Sparrows in the eucalyptus at 
the beginning of the Bay View Trail.  (That's my 3rd in this general 
area recently.  I see a pattern forming.)

An Osprey was snacking on a fish on the pilings along the Bay View 
Trail.  2 Black Oystercatchers joined other shorebirds further along 
that trail.  A Lincoln's Sparrow was with White-Crowns along the 
Marsh Trail.  Near the upper parking lot were 4 Western Bluebirds and 
a Say's Phoebe.

Regards,
--
Laura Look
Pinole, CA