[EBB Sightings] Long-tailed Duck at Richmond Harbor

Hi EBBers,

This morning at 11:30AM I observed a Long-tailed Duck near the mouth of 
Richmond's Marina Bay.  Scoping from Vincent Park it appeared to be roughly 
halfway between the Marina Bay entrance and the westerly extension of Brooks 
Island.  During the time I observed the duck it was associating with a group 
of four Surf Scoters.

A little further to the south I observed the following birds during the 
morning:

3 Eurasian Wigeons at the shellmounds located at the north end of the Albany 
mudflats.

1 Wilson's Snipe in the large grassy area of Berkeley's Cesar Chavez Park.

1 Burrowing Owl near the NE corner of Berkeley's Cesar Chavez Park.

2 Eurasian Wigeons at the outflow of Strawberry Creek into SF Bay (behind 
the Seabreeze Restaurant)

15 Surfbirds roosting in the rip rap just south of Emery Point.


Good birding,
Bob Battagin
Oakland