[EBB Sightings] continuing WT Sparrow, Cackling Goose at Lake Merritt

Hi. Running at Lake Merritt today produced all of the usual good birds: The 
tan-striped (?-very pale) White-throated Sparrow was at its usual spot, in 
the bushes along the fence on the western side of Fairyland. I first saw it 
in the bushes on its own; upon seeing me it hopped back to the company of a 
Golden-crowned on the ground, giving very good views. It then briefly 
returned to the bushes, then left and began working the trees and ground of 
interior Fairyland with Golden-crowned Sparrows, warblers, and Bushtits.

Near the islands was a Cackling Goose with Canadas, and with the large mixed 
bread-scrounging flock were the male Tufted Duck and female Redhead. A 
beautiful male Barrow's Goldeneye was across from the islands, and the 
entire lake showed a very good diversity of gulls: Mew, Ring-billed 
(including a partial albino), Glaucous-winged, Western (great views of all 
ages), G-winged/Western hybrids, and probably California although I never 
actually ID'ed one. Also, all of the commoners such as Canvasback, scaup, 
Common Goldeneye, all three small grebes, and the hybrid Canada/Chinese 
Goose.

Noah Arthur, Oakland