[EBB Sightings] Surfbirds in Pinole

Dear Ebb'ers:

I found where the Surfbirds in Pinole have decided to hang out.  At about 6 PM today, I stopped by the end of Tennent Ave again, just for fun.  The tide was going out, and I walked the short trail on the other side of the tracks (CAUTION-many fast-moving trains along there) south of the channel.  

There were 4 Surfbirds in alternate plumage in the riprap, hanging out with 6 Black Turnstones  in formal attire. There were also BB Plovers, a cupala Semi-Palmated Plovers, Dunlins halfway to alternate plumage,  an assortment of gulls (more than yesterday), Sanderlings, Western Sandpipers, Willets, 17 Forester's Terns, 2 Caspian Terns, and an assortment of ducks. Barn Swallows were busy over the channel.  Very easy viewing from a bench on a little berm.  Other than the smell of the sewage treatment plant, it was a lovely place to see quite a few birds.

Again, thank you Laura for providing us new places to look,

Pat Bacchetti
Oakland


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From: Dave Quady  

> Birders: 
> 
> Shortly after 11 am today, the Red-throated Loon swam unconcernedly 
> through the entrance to Richmond Marina Bay, hard by the rip-rap that 
> edges Lucretia M. Edwards Shoreline Park. And the drake Black Scoter 
> continued inside the bay, foraging with Surf Scoters in its northwest 
> corner. 
> 
> Later I looked for the Surfbirds in Pinole, at the location Laura 
> Look described in her message yesterday. The tide was low, with tens 
> of yards of mudflats exposed beyond the rocky shoreline. These 
> mudflats attracted the usual mix of Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied 
> Plovers, Willets, and Dunlins, but the rocks held no Surfbirds or 
> other rock habitues. 
> 
> Thanks to folks who' ve posted updates on the Richmond birds, and to 
> Laura for publicizing a nice spot that I hadn't birded before. 
> 
> Dave Quady 
> Berkeley, California 
> davequady at att.net 
> 
> 
> 
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