Long-tailed Duck in Emeryville
Tue, 15 Apr
2003 21:36:40 -0700
From: Larry Tunstall
I am forwarding the following message to the list for Denise Wight:
Hello EB Birders,
There was a female Long-tailed Duck at the end of Point Emery this morning at 8:00 AM. She was sitting on a rock, and I wasn't sure of the condition of her health. I had only 5 minutes to view her before I had to dash to work.
Denise Wight
Martinez, CA
Posted to EBB by Larry Tunstall
Ruddy Turnstones at C�sar Ch�vez Park, Berkeley Marina
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:19:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart Bollinger
All;
This evening I saw three Ruddy Turnstones feeding on the rocks below the walkway on the eastern-Berkeley side of the circuit walk at C�sar Ch�vez Park (Berkeley Marina). First time I have seen them there and I walk there about once a week. They were in the company of about twenty Black Turnstones.
Stewart
Oakland
Pinole Wetlands
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:42:06
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From: Doug Wade
I actually was able to swing by Pinole Wetlands twice today - once with the tide mostly in, once with it mostly out. It was well worth checking out and I'm sure I'll drop by often.
The directions are good (thanks Terry!) but I would add that at first glance the parking lot appears to belong to the treatment plant, but it's actually parking for a nice landscaped area with bay access. It's even on the nice smelling side of the treatment plant!
Also, if you like trains, the same tracks that cross the creek at that point also go by my place of employment and lots of trains are constantly heading up them; often quite enormous trains.
Doug
(San Leandro but I spend a lot of time in Hercules, which is near
Pinole)
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Turnstones at Berkeley Marina
Wed, 16 Apr
2003 10:23:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Corinne Louise Paff
On Thursday, April 11, I observed 50+ (yes, really) Black Turnstones and about a half-dozen Ruddy Turnstones clustered at the southwest corner of the North Basin waters in Berkeley adjacent to Marina Blvd and north of University Ave.... They were happily foraging in the rocks and rip rap exposed by low tide.... Also were large rafts of scaup and Ruddy Ducks scattered over the waters with about a dozen Western Grebe, about 50 dowitchers, few wigeon, and Dunlin in breeding colors towards mouth of Strawberry Creek.... Altogether 600+ birds.... Yet another reason to preserve these waters for wildlife... Happy birding... Corinne
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Point Isabel, Richmond
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:59:17
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From: Mark Wales
As I'm new to the circle I'm not quite sure which birds you want to know about or not. Yesterday morning I walked from Pt Isabel to Meeker Slough (Bay Trail in southern Richmond).
The two highlights were some great shots of a Clapper Rail just north of the slough & a Killdeer chick with its mother in the UC project area. Fascinating to watch the protection & freedom she gave the chick.
The other birds included Western Meadowlarks, dowitchers, Whimbrels, Western Sandpipers, Green-winged Teal, Barn Swallows & Dusky Flycatchers.
Let me know if any one is interested in the photos.
Mark
Re: Point Isabel, Richmond
Fri, 18 Apr 2003
10:28:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rusty Scalf
Mark Wales wrote:
As I'm new to the circle I'm not quite sure which birds you want to know about or not.
The date of this Killdeer chicks sighting is quite significant all by itself.
Rusty Scalf
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Mooching Wild Turkeys at Sunol Regional Wilderness
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:53:18 -0700
From: Tom Condit
For those who'd like to get a closer look at plumage and a closer listen to various calls, a pair of injured Wild Turkeys are hanging out near the visitor center at Sunol Regional Wilderness south of Sunol. Just to show how quickly wild animals can learn mooching (and the origins of domestication), whenever a school bus enters the parking lot, the turkeys come running down to ingratiate themselves with the children and look for handouts and/or easily stolen food. (One kid lost a turkey pastrami and cheese sandwich to one of them today.)
Tom Condit