[EBB Sightings] Contra Loma/Pt. Isabel and Bay trail

Nothing pleases me more than birding in the heat so I headed out to Contra Loma Regional Park and birded it from around 12:30-2 p.m while acquiring a nice farmer's tan.
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As reported by the Schorrs, Burrowing Owls were very conspicous near the entrance sign as were an American Kestrel and Western Kingbird.
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I then spent most of my time on Loma Island where of interest were Common Yellowthroats (2males, 1 female), an Ash-throated Flycatcher, Common Moorhen (w 2 tiny chicks), Green Heron (3), Song Sparrow.
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Also seen were two adult Cooper's Hawks near the nest, Western Bluebirds, Lesser Goldfinches. Barn Owls were a no show, probably ducking out of sight in the heat.
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On the way home I stopped off at Point Isabel. No sign of Murres or Brandt's Cormorants but there were good numbers of returning shorebirds in the marsh along the Bay Trail north of the Pt. and going toward Shimano (sp?) Park. :
Willet(200+), Long-billed Curlew (25-30), Marbled Godwit (40+), Western Sandpiper (17), Semipalmated Plover (15), Black-bellied Plover (2) plus the residen avocets and killdeer. Didn't see or hear any rails but did have a fly-over Osprey and Caspian (2) and Forster's (6a 1j) Terns.
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Some apparently oversummering ducks included a Surf Scoter (m) and Greater Scaup (2m 2m) off the jetty north of the dog park along with the Western and Clark's Grebes.
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Dominik Mosur
San Francisco


      
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