[EBB Sightings] Red-necked Grebe continues at Pt. Isabel

Birders:

At 12:40 today I located a/the previously-reported Red-necked Grebe  
at Pt. Isabel.  It was foraging at the mouth of the 'lagoon' that  
forms at high tide on the extreme north side of the dog park.  The  
lagoon is bounded on the east by the Bay Trail shoreline and on the  
north by a narrow rock jetty.  A Horned Grebe nearby provided a nice  
comparison.

I did not visit the Berkeley Pier to see whether a/the Red-necked  
Grebe reported there was also present, so don't know whether my  
Contra Costa County bird is the same, or a different, individual.

I also looked for the unusual sparrows that have been reported lately  
along the Bay Trail near the dog park -- White-throated, Harris's,  
and Clay-colored -- but found none of them.  Three other birders  
present also reported no sparrow success today.

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady at att.net