[EBB Sightings] East Bay Birding

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Today, Jim Rowoth and I birded a variety of places in both Alameda & =
Contra Costa Co. We started out in Livermore birding at a few places, =
then off to Arrowhead Marsh and Berkeley Aquatic Park.=20

Las Positas Golf Course (Clubhouse Rd off Airport Rd S of Hwy 580): 1 =
male EURASIAN WIGEON with 40+ AMERICAN WIGEON.

Shadow Cliffs Park: The RED-NECKED GREBE (becoming quite colorful) =
HORNED GREBE, FOX SPARROW, WOOD DUCKS.

Del Valle Walking Trail (1 block E of the S end of Murdell ave): HOODED =
MERGANSERS 2 females.

Old Water Tower (From intersection of Arroyo Rd & Concannon Blve, turn L =
on Bess Ave, then R on Vintage Ln. Midway down the block on the right =
hand side of the road there is a older house with a lots of chickens) =
BARN OWL.

Arrowhead Marsh: 6 CACKLING GEESE, 10 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE, 1 =
EURASIAN WIGEON with lots of AMERICAN WIGEON, CASPIAN TERN.

Berkeley Aquatic Park: NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the willows at the NE =
corner of the southern pond. Though it was raining pretty hard, it was =
still actively foraging along the edge of the pond and among the tangled =
undergrowth. It chipped a few times. HERMIT THRUSH & OC WARBLER were the =
only non-shorebirds around. Northern pond had a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.

In Contra Costa Co. we checked Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline & Newhall =
Community Park (From Ygnacio Valley Rd, go N of Ayers, take the 2nd L =
onto Turtle Creek and park on the right in the first lot.) Walk across =
the soccer fields toward the bathrooms and Galindo Creek.

Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline: 2 COMMON LOONS,  HORNED GREBES, 1 =
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON, 40+ =
AMERICAN WIGEON.

Newhall Community Park  - YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. While I was chatting =
with Kathy Robertson from Hayward, Jim noticed the sapsucker flying into =
a large tree across the creek. It visited a few different trees then =
returned to the tree that is was first discovered in.{West side of the =
creek, behind the maintenance building, to the left is a small tree with =
a sawhorse in front of it. The tree has lots of sapsucker well.} Also in =
the area were DOWNY & NUTTALL'S WOODPECKERS, GREEN HERON, FOX SPARROW,  =
30+ CEDAR WAXWINGS.

An interesting day of trying to bird through the rain showers!
Frances
Lodi, CA


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variety of places=20
in both Alameda & Contra Costa Co. We started out in Livermore =
birding at a=20
few places, then off to Arrowhead Marsh and Berkeley Aquatic Park. =
Course (Clubhouse=20
Rd off Airport Rd S of Hwy 580): 1 male EURASIAN WIGEON with 40+ =
AMERICAN=20
WIGEON.
The RED-NECKED=20
GREBE (becoming quite colorful) HORNED GREBE, FOX SPARROW, WOOD=20
DUCKS.
Trail (1 block E=20
of the S end of Murdell ave): HOODED MERGANSERS 2 females.
Tower (From=20
intersection of Arroyo Rd & Concannon Blve, turn L on Bess Ave, then =
R on=20
Vintage Ln. Midway down the block on the right hand side of the=20
road there is a older house with a lots of chickens) BARN =
OWL.
CACKLING GEESE,=20
10 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON with lots of AMERICAN =
WIGEON,=20
CASPIAN TERN.
NORTHERN=20
WATERTHRUSH in the willows at the NE corner of the southern pond. Though =
it was=20
raining pretty hard, it was still actively foraging along the =
edge of=20
the pond and among the tangled undergrowth. It chipped a few times. =
HERMIT=20
THRUSH & OC WARBLER were the only non-shorebirds around. Northern =
pond had a=20
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.
Miller/Knox Regional=20
Shoreline & Newhall Community Park (From Ygnacio Valley Rd, go N of =
Ayers,=20
take the 2nd L onto Turtle Creek and park on the right in the first =
lot.) Walk=20
across the soccer fields toward the bathrooms and Galindo =
Creek.
Shoreline: 2=20
COMMON LOONS,  HORNED GREBES, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 1 SNOW =
GOOSE,=20
1 EURASIAN WIGEON, 40+ AMERICAN WIGEON.
Park  - YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. While I was =
chatting with=20
Kathy Robertson from Hayward, Jim noticed the sapsucker flying into a =
large tree=20
across the creek. It visited a few different trees then returned to the =
tree=20
that is was first discovered in.{West side of the creek, behind the =
maintenance=20
building, to the left is a small tree with a sawhorse in front of =
it. The=20
tree has lots of sapsucker well.} Also in the area were DOWNY & =

NUTTALL'S WOODPECKERS, GREEN HERON, FOX SPARROW,  30+ CEDAR=20
WAXWINGS.
bird through=20
the rain showers!

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