[EBB Sightings] Albany Bulb, Arrowhead Marsh, Hayward BART Station

Yesterday Leonie Batkin and I met at the Hayward BART Station and then proceeded to Albany Bulb and Arrowhead Marsh. Highlights were 4 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS at the BART Station; 2 EURASIAN WIGEON and a PEREGRINE FALCON at Albany Bulb; and a RED-THROATED LOON, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS (1 was heard only), and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at Arrowhead Marsh. Complete reports from eBird are attached below.

Amy McDonald

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Location:    Hayward Bart Station
Observation date:    12/16/07

Rock Pigeon    4
Anna's Hummingbird    1
Nuttall's Woodpecker    2
Black Phoebe    1
American Crow    10
Bushtit    12
Western Bluebird    4
American Robin    40
Cedar Waxwing    40
Yellow-rumped Warbler    2
House Finch    4
American Goldfinch    1
House Sparrow    4
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Location:    Albany Bulb
Observation date:    12/16/07

Canada Goose    20
Gadwall    2
Eurasian Wigeon    2
American Wigeon    400
Northern Shoveler    12
Northern Pintail    25
Green-winged Teal    50
Canvasback    30
Greater Scaup    350
Surf Scoter    65
Bufflehead    35
Ruddy Duck    25
Horned Grebe    1
Eared Grebe    2
Western Grebe    2
Clark's Grebe    4
Great Egret    1
Snowy Egret    2
Turkey Vulture    1
Red-tailed Hawk    1
Peregrine Falcon    1
American Coot    175
Black-bellied Plover    85
Semipalmated Plover    55
American Avocet    225
Greater Yellowlegs    4
Willet    25
Long-billed Curlew    35
Marbled Godwit    60
Black Turnstone    2
Western Sandpiper    1000+
Least Sandpiper    5
Dunlin    55
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher    80
Ring-billed Gull    25
Western Gull    12
Anna's Hummingbird    6
Northern Mockingbird    1
California Towhee    1
Song Sparrow    2
White-crowned Sparrow    2
Golden-crowned Sparrow    1
Western Meadowlark    2
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Location:    Arrowhead Marsh
Observation date:    12/16/07

Northern Shoveler    4
Northern Pintail    30
Greater Scaup    500
Bufflehead    55
Common Goldeneye    1
Ruddy Duck    350
Red-throated Loon    1
Pied-billed Grebe    4
Horned Grebe    8
Eared Grebe    5
Western Grebe    2
Clark's Grebe    4
Western/Clark's Grebe    6
Double-crested Cormorant    2
Great Blue Heron    4
Great Egret    2
Snowy Egret    3
Turkey Vulture    3
Northern Harrier    1
Red-tailed Hawk    2
Virginia Rail    2
American Coot    35
Black-necked Stilt    50
Greater Yellowlegs    15
Willet    30
Marbled Godwit    1
Black Turnstone    60
Least Sandpiper    75
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher    350
Western Gull    5
Glaucous-winged Gull    2
Anna's Hummingbird    1
Northern Flicker    1
Say's Phoebe    1
Loggerhead Shrike    1
American Crow    1
Marsh Wren    1
Northern Mockingbird    1
California Towhee    2
Savannah Sparrow    2
White-crowned Sparrow    20
Golden-crowned Sparrow    5
Red-winged Blackbird    50
Western Meadowlark    36