[EBB Sightings] FW: Shoreline bike ride (highlight Brant Goose)

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The following is in behalf of Derek Heins

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From: Derek Heins [mailto:Derek.Heins at megapath.com] 
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:56 PM
To: bob at wingbeats.org
Subject: Shoreline bike ride (highlight Brant Goose)

Bob, I?m waiting for EBB-admin to allow my messages to post, so I?d
appreciate if you could submit the following for me. Thanks, Derek

A bike ride starting at Lake Merritt and then north along the shoreline to
Richmond had the following highlights this morning among the 67 species
seen:

Lake Merritt

Saffron Finch (in the same area previously reported on the western side of
Fairyland)
Belted Kingfisher
Ring-necked Duck

Emeryville Shoreline

Black Turnstone
Surfbird

Berkeley Marina

Common Loon
2 Surf Scoters
5 Red-breasted Nuthatches in the same tree
Fox Sparrow
White-tailed Kite
Spotted Sandpiper

Albany marsh:

2 Eurasian Wigeons

Richmond Shoreline

Brant Goose ? east of the bridge at the north end of Hoffman Marsh
16 Greater Yellowlegs resting together east of the bikepath by the dog park
Says Phoebe
Savannah Sparrow
American Kestrel
Belted Kingfisher
Spotted Sandpiper
Pelagic Commorant right outside the restaurant at the Richmond Marina
Black Oystercatcher


I checked out about every duck in sight and couldn?t find the Redhead,
Harlequin Duck or any Goldeneyes.? ?

Derek Heins