[EBB Sightings] Lake Merritt local interest

Snuck out after the rains to see what was moving at the lake. The TUFTED
DUCK was back with his Scaup compadres in the fountain area at the
Embarcadero. Several MEW GULLS were swimming around picking stuff off the
water surface. I rarely see them at the lake except after a big storm. Most
of the BARROW'S GOLDENEYES were down at the 14th Street bridge, along with a
female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.

For those of you Big Year Birders (BYBers) keeping score at home, I added 19
species to my Alameda list (see below). I also struggled with a juvenile
Accipiter at a distance in bad light. Odds are it was a Cooper's.

For the record, let's all agree that the White Pelican at the lake is not
countable.

Bruce Mast
Oakland


Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Tufted Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Mew Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Robin
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Townsend's Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco