[EBB Sightings] Coyote Hills Sunday 1/11/09

Golden Gate Audubon field trip this morning was greeted by perfect weather and a great variety of birds. Hoot Hollow provided 2 varied thrushes, 2 hermit thrushes and 2 fox sparrows first thing. Many ducks were seen in the North Marsh. A rock wren was seen at Lizard Rock and also at the rocks uphill (east) from the visitor's center. The shrike and the Say's phoebe were in the same scope view in the dry flats below Lizard Rock. We lucked out on the golden eagle (seen at the Quarry parking lot) being harrassed by a kestrel!? There were seven participants.

If you are going to look at ducks, I highly recommend bringing scopes.
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The List:
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pied-billed grebe
great egret
black-crowned night heron
Canada goose
green-winged teal
mallard
northern pintail
cinnamon teal
northern shoveler
American wigeon
canvasback
greater scaup
common goldeneye
ruddy duck
turkey vulture
white-tailed kite
northern harrier
red-tailed hawk
golden eagle
American kestrel
American coot
killdeer
greater yellowlegs
ring-billed gull
mourning dove
Anna's hummigbird
northern flicker
bushtit
Bewick's wren
marsh wren
rock wren
ruby-croiwned kinglet
hermit thrush
American robin
varied thrush
black phoebe
Say's phoebe
westeern scrub jay
common raven
northern mockingbird
loggerhead shrike
European starling 
Hutton's vireo
yellow-rumped warbler
spotted towhee
California towhee
fox sparrow
song sparrow
golden-crowned sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
dark0eyed junco
western meadowlark
house finch
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Great birding!
Anne Hoff