[EBB Sightings] Wilson's Warbler, Semi-palmated Plover

Hi all:

This morning I went to look for shorebirds in 
Alameda. I accessed the marsh at Shoreline and
Broadway And headed south. Clapper, Sora, and Virginia
Rails all called w/out prompting.  In the mudflats, a
large group of shorebirds floated in and materialized
into 56 Semi-palmated Plovers. A few minutes later a
large group of Red Knots were seen. I counted 68
spread across the tideline.

In Berkeley I went looking for the female
Black-throated Gray Warbler I'd seen a few years ago
overwintering in Aquatic Park. She wasn't  home, but
in the marshy area just south of the 16th hole
(frisbee golf) was a female Wilson's Warbler.  I noted
the bright yellow face with contrasting olive crown
and back parts, short bill, bright yellow underparts
and dark undertail.

Other highlights:
Allen's Hummers at Albany crescent (3)
Pelagic Cormorants on the northernmost breakwater at
Berkeley Marina (3)
White-throated swifts (but no swallows?!) at Lake
Temescal (7)

Some of my worst pictures yet can be viewed at:
http://flickr.com/photos/14935921 at N00/

Good birding,

Bob Power
Oakland, CA