Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:45:34 -0800
From: Derek Heins
I made a visit to Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area between Pleasanton and Livermore from a message Kathy Robertson posted a few months back and was richly rewarded. Viewing is very easy. I was rewarded with some excellent looks at many birds but especially of Common Moorhens, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Ring-necked Duck. The park is literally crawling with birds. For those interested, here is a link to the park:
Species seen in two quick visits:
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Eared Grebe - looked like a whole raft of them out in the lake as it turned dark outside
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret - a flock of about 20 flying over the lake
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
scaup sp.
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk - went deep into some bushes right in front of me in pursuit of sparrows
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk
California Quail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
gull sp.
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Western Scrub-Jay
Oak Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bushtit
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
European Starling
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
California Towhee
Derek Heins
Piedmont
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:41:29 -0800
From: Bob Hole
This afternoon I visited the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center on Breakwater Ave, just off Hwy 92. It was my first visit, was made "spur of the moment," and I had forgotten the trail there was closed, but I climbed the observation platform and did my best. Here's my list:
American Coot, Mallard, Black Phoebe, Great Egret, Northern Shoveler, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruddy Duck, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Northern Harrier, Cinnamon Teal, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron (conveniently scared up by a refuge truck), Western Gull, Turkey Vulture, Green-winged Teal, Glaucous-winged Gull and Forster's Tern.
There were many gulls going by overhead - most were too far for me to identify.
Bob
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