[EBB Sightings] Arrowhead Marsh 12-23-2007

Arrowhead Marsh 12-23-2007 
GGAS Bicycle Trip
Starting from East Creek Point Trailhead near the High Street Bridge
with cool but sunny weather, we rode south to Arrowhead Marsh and
returned via Doolittle Dr. and Fernside Blvd. The trail and its
amenities are better than ever and still being improved. Surf Scoters
were out in the channel as were Common and Barrow?s Goldeneyes; a
Eurasian X American Wigeon was seen among a group of American Wigeons
on Damon Slough (Zhone Way access). A Red-Tailed Hawk and a
White-Tailed Kite were also seen in this area. At the viewing platform
at Arrowhead we were able to see two Clapper Rails in the gum plants,
and a Long-billed Curlew and Black Turnstone among the Willets and
Marbled Godwits on the end of the platform. A circuit along San Leandro
Creek and by the seasonal ponds turned up Meadowlarks, a Loggerhead
Shrike and a Say?s Phoebe. Near the Plover picnic area we found a N.
Flicker. From Doolittle Drive we saw a couple of Black-bellied Plovers.
56 species:
Common Loon 
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian X American Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Red-tailed Hawk
Clapper Rail
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Western Sandpiper
Dowitcher sp.
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker, red-shafted
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
American Crow
Common Raven
Marsh Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
House Finch


kathy jarrett
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