Martin Luther King Shoreline on 1/13/99
Sat, 8 May 1999 09:54:44 -0700
From: Larry Tunstall
This is another in an on-going series of reports from past fieldtrips of the Golden Gate Audubon Society. As these become available and I get a chance to transcribe them, I am posting them to EBbird so that they will be in the archives for future reference. Thanks to Lillian Fujii of GGAS for sharing these with us.
Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline, Oakland
13 January 1999, 9:30 AM to noon
Leaders: Anna Wilcox & Jean-Marie SpoelmanArrowhead Marsh, the newly restored marsh, and Garretson Point
Weather: clear and cold, to warmer by noonPied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 3
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 7
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) 7
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) 20
Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) 2
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 5
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 10
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii) 2
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 150, including 2 of Aleutian race
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 6
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) 1
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 45
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 35
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) 10
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 15
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 8
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 20
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 11
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 100
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 150
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 35
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 25
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) 1
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 55
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) 1
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) heard only
American Coot (Fulica americana) 150
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 150
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 12
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 35
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americanus) 55
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) 850
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 15
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 900
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) 2
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) 2
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 50
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 75
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 200
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 125
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 100
California Gull (Larus californicus) 13
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) 5
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) 5
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) 1
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica petechia) heard only
California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis) 2
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 15
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 8
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 7
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 5
Posted to EBbird by Larry Tunstall
Larry Tunstall
El Cerrito CA
http://www.best.com/~folkbird/
Coyote Hills on 2/10/1999
Sat, 8 May 1999 10:42:31 -0700
From: Larry Tunstall
This is another in an on-going series of reports from past fieldtrips of the Golden Gate Audubon Society. As these become available and I get a chance to transcribe them, I am posting them to EBbird so that they will be in the archives for future reference. Thanks to Lillian Fujii of GGAS for sharing these with us.
Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont
10 February 1999, 9:30 AM to noon
Leaders: Anna Wilcox & Jean-Marie SpoelmanWeather: sunny and cold, snow on the Livermore hills
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 4
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3
Great Egret (Ardea albus) 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 8
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 24
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) 7
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 20
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 1
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 65
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 5
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 15
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) 1
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 3
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
California Quail (Callipepla californica) 2
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 100
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 1
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) 7
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 20
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) 4
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 2
Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) 1 and heard elsewhere
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 and heard elsewhere
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 10
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 2
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 8
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 50
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 15
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 2 and heard elsewhere
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) heard only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 50
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) 4
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 2
California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis) 3
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 6
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 30
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 40
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 10
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 12
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 12
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 18
Posted to EBbird by Larry Tunstall, El Cerrito CA
Re: Masked Lovebirds
Sat, 8 May 1999 17:58:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Condit
Mike Feighner wrote:
Three of the Masked Lovebirds are back along my street here in Livermore this morning. I wonder where they are coming from?
There are quite a few bird fanciers who let their birds fly free, anticipating that they will usually return to their food dish.
A few years ago, a friend of mine who lived out on Congress Avenue in Oakland told me that a fancier in his neighborhood with a large flight cage had suddenly been visited by a group of apparently feral parrots, who hung around mooching off and on for a couple of years.
"Among the vanquished the poor people went hungry,
among the victors the poor people went hungry."
-- Bertold Brecht
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