[EBB Sightings] Rails, Burrowing Owls at Arrowhead Marsh

Arrowhead Marsh/Martin Luther King Jr. EBRP 
GGAS BICYCLE TRIP
Fri, Jan 1, 2010 
Soras and Clapper Rails were
highlights of the mid-day high tide, with about 5 Soras visible at one time. A
Virginia Rail was lurking under a gum plant but eluded us. The seasonal
wetlands at Garretson Pt had ducks, Avocets and Stilts. Surf Scoters and ducks
were on the bay, and also a Common Loon. Burrowing Owls were at mounds 1 and 2 but were not visible from the
main drive into the park but from the trail next to the handicapped parking
near the entrance. 12 people ignored the threat of rain and bicycled about 3
miles to see 53 species:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Burrowing Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker, red-shafted
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Marsh Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird