[EBB Sightings] Northern Pintails at Lake Merritt!

I've never seen pintails there either, but apparently long ago they were 
more common at Lake Merritt:

http://tinyurl.com/yose2g

(above url goes to CalPhotos; you can also find the photos by going to 
this page http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/mvz.html and typing "pintail" in 
the Description field and "merritt" in the Location field)

I was quite surprised when I first saw those photos of pintails at Lake 
Merritt...

Joyce

Hilary Powers wrote:
> Pair of drakes swimming in front of the second island down from the 
> nature center, 3:30ish this afternoon....
> 
> These are the first of the species I've ever seen at the lake, though of 
> course there are lots of them elsewhere in the Bay Area.
>