Trip : Bay Area High Tide Weekend Login
8 Locations, 81 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose SLP
Wood Duck PRNS
Gadwall FB
American Wigeon SLP
Mallard SLP
Cinnamon Teal PRNS
Northern Pintail WD
Green-Winged Teal PRNS
Canvasback SLP
Greater Scaup BL
Surf Scoter BL
Bufflehead SLP
Common Goldeneye BL
Red-breasted Merganser BL
Ruddy Duck SLP
New World Quail
California Quail FB
Loons
Red-throated Loon BH
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe BL
Horned Grebe BL
Western Grebe BL
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant WD
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron WD
Great Egret WD
Snowy Egret PRNS
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture PRNS
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Red-shouldered Hawk FB
Red-tailed Hawk PRNS
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel PRNS
Peregrine Falcon WD
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Black Rail WD
American Coot SLP
Plovers
Killdeer PRNS
Stilts and Avocets
American Avocet BL
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs PRNS
Willet BH
Long-billed Curlew BH
Marbled Godwit BH
Wilson's Snipe PRNS
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Mew Gull BH
Ring-billed Gull SLP
Western Gull BH
Glaucous-winged Gull BH
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird BH
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher PRNS
Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker (h) BVVC
Nuttall's Woodpecker (h) BVVC
Hairy Woodpecker (h) PRNS
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe SLP
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay WD
Western Scrub-Jay BH
American Crow SLP
Common Raven PRNS
Swallows
Tree Swallow SLP
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee BL
Oak Titmouse SLP
Bushtits
Bushtit SLP
Creepers
Brown Creeper BVVC
Wrens
Marsh Wren WD
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet BL
Ruby-crowned Kinglet SLP
Thrushes
Western Bluebird RAMC
Hermit Thrush (h) BVVC
American Robin SLP
Varied Thrush BVVC
Starlings
European Starling SLP
Wood-Warblers
Townsend's Warbler BL
Hermit Warbler BL
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee BVVC
California Towhee BH
Fox Sparrow BH
Song Sparrow WD
White-throated Sparrow BH
White-crowned Sparrow BH
Golden-crowned Sparrow BH
Dark-eyed Junco FB
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird SLP
Brewer's Blackbird SLP
Northern Finches
House Finch (h) BH
Pine Siskin BH
American Goldfinch BH
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow BH
Bear Valley Visitors Center = BVVC
Bolinas Harbor = BH
Bolinas Lagoon = BL
Five Brooks = FB
Point Reyes National Seashore = PRNS
Rural Areas of Marin County = RAMC
Stafford Lake Park = SLP
Waldo's Dike = WD
Trip Notes
From Novato we headed first to Stafford Lake Park, a Marin County park were we saw many of today's land birds. The guide heard a Red-breasted Sapsucker which was never found. It was not yet raining, but very overcast and rather threatening. We then headed directly to Waldo's Dike to await the high tide. While at the Dike, other observers saw Swamp Sparrow. During the day, other observers Bewick's Wren, Winter Wren, and Violet-green Swallow.
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