[EBB Sightings] Summer Camp Birds, July 20-24

Birders,

I am posting the message below for Brian Fitch who has difficulty 
posting to this site.  If you have questions or comments, please direct 
them to Brian at:  fogeggs at aol.com.

Thanks,
Kay Loughman



There's still unusually low diversity on our regular summer camp bird 
routes, but a few notable species showed up.  On the 21st, at the Albany 
Waterfront, we found a single Ruddy Turnstone on the mudflats, and all 
three cormorant species off of the bulb, with singles of Brandt's and 
Pelagic just offshore.  On the 22nd and 24th, we turned up a Great 
Horned Owl for the first time since '07, in an area below Vollmer peak 
that used to have a number of owls haunting it.  On the 23rd, five Black 
Turnstones were on the mud north of the Berkeley Meadows, and a lone 
Allen's Hummingbird and a singing House Wren were in the brush north of 
the turnaround at Cesar Chavez Park.  For the first time since 2005, we 
did not see a Brown Pelican lumber by during the week.  Few birds catch 
a child's attention more than a diving pelican.
Brian Fitch & Crew