Crab Cove, Alameda
Sat, 08 Nov 2003 09:22:53
-0800
From: Tom Condit
Friday, November 7, while walking at Crab Cove (northwest end of Crown Memorial State Beach, Alameda), I saw my first Eared Grebe of the season. A little later a female Bufflehead flew into the pond with the Mallards.
Otherwise, the usual suspects: gull sp., Double-crested Cormorants, Mallards, House Sparrows, American Robins, European Starlings, Mourning Doves, and a Great Egret.
Tom Condit >
Lapland Longspurs at Hayward Regional Shoreline
Sat, 8 Nov 2003 12:40:19 -0800
From: Rusty Scalf
There were two immature Lapland Longspurs together at Mt Trashmore in Hayward Regional Shoreline this morning, around 10:15 AM. Neither one was the bird Bob Lewis photographed earlier in the week, posted on Joe Morlan's photo page.
Rusty Scalf
Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland
Sat, 08 Nov 2003
12:14:45 -0800
From: Courtenay Peddle
Hello folks,
A class at Arrowhead Marsh [in Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline, Oakland] Saturday morning, when the tide was approaching its 7-foot high, was rewarded with excellent, unhurried views of Clapper Rail and glimpses of two Virginia Rails. Other highlights were Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teal and a Peregrine Falcon.
Here's the complete list:
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Gray (Black-bellied) Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
California Gull (Larus californicus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Good birding!
Courtenay Peddle
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Sat, 08 Nov 2003
20:17:17 -0800
From: Emily Serkin
Hi Birders.
I was surprised to see a Clapper Rail swimming across the flood control channel (about two-thirds of the way to the Bay) at the W Winton Ave area of Hayward Regional Shoreline late this afternoon.
Four Lapland Longspurs (in the eastern part) and two Chestnut-collared Longspurs (in the northwest area) were at Mt Trashmore. Thanks to Keith Kwan for finding them.
Five Canada Geese, all with white or buffy neck-rings and relatively short necks, appeared on Mt Trashmore late in the afternoon. Not having Sibley's guide with me, I was not aware of other field marks to check. However, he says that neck-rings occur only infrequently in populations other than Aleutian, so I assume that's what these were.
Good birding,
Emily Serkin
Hayward
Sage Thrasher continues near Livermore
Sat,
8 Nov 2003 21:10:49 -0800
From: Calvin Lou
Hi all,
The Sage Thrasher continues north of Livermore in Alameda County today. I saw the bird perched at around 10 or 11 AM on top of the makeshift fence with the orange plastic netting, which runs east from Dagnino Rd 0.65 mile north of May School Rd.
Calvin Lou
San Francisco
Original Message Next Reply Subject Index