[EBB Sightings] Rails at Contra Loma Regional Park, Antioch

During an afternoon visit to Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch, I  
had excellent views of both a Sora and a Virginia Rail.  Both birds  
were within twenty-five feet.  The Sora was gleaning duckweed from  
the surface of the water.

In addition, I observed the following species:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Common Moorhen
Ring-billed Gull
Barn Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush (FOS)
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch

Good Birding,

Paul Schorr
Antioch