Trip : Scouting Alameda, part 2 Login
5 Locations, 64 Sightings
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Canada Goose LM
Brant BM
One bird, with a very odd look, seen at Berkeley Marina on a mudflat just south and west of the intersection of University and the frontage road to 880.
Mallard LM
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Wild Turkey G/DCRP
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe LM
20 Pied-billed Grebes seen together on Lake Merrit.
Clark's Grebe BM
Pelicans
American White Pelican LM
Brown Pelican LM
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant LM
Bitterns and Herons
Great Blue Heron LM
Great Egret LM
Snowy Egret LM
Black-crowned Night-Heron LM
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture G/DCRP
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
White-tailed Kite G/DCRP
Red-shouldered Hawk (h) G/DCRP
Red-tailed Hawk G/DCRP
Caracaras and Falcons
American Kestrel G/DCRP
Peregrine Falcon BM
Peregrine seen over a construction site near the Brant (see above), harrassing two ravens.
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
American Coot LM
Plovers
Killdeer BAP
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt BAP
American Avocet BAP
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs BAP
Willet BAP
Marbled Godwit BAP
Dowitcher sp. BAP
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Heermann's Gull BM
Single Heermann\'s Gull seen in the parking lot signed for \"Banquets in progress\" at Berkeley Marinia
Ring-billed Gull LM
California Gull LM
Western Gull LM
Forster's Tern BAP
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon LM
Mourning Dove G/DCRP
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird G/DCRP
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker G/DCRP
Hairy Woodpecker G/DCRP
Northern Flicker RRP
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe G/DCRP
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo G/DCRP
Several individuals seen at Garin / Dry Creek, near the parking lot and along the path to the camping area.
Warbling Vireo RRP
Jays and Crows
Steller's Jay RRP
Western Scrub-Jay G/DCRP
American Crow G/DCRP
Common Raven RRP
Chickadees and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee G/DCRP
Bushtits
Bushtit G/DCRP
Creepers
Brown Creeper RRP
Wrens
Bewick's Wren RRP
Thrushes
Western Bluebird G/DCRP
Hermit Thrush G/DCRP
American Robin G/DCRP
Babblers
Wrentit (h) RRP
Starlings
European Starling LM
Wood-Warblers
Yellow Warbler G/DCRP
Townsend's Warbler G/DCRP
Emberizids
Spotted Towhee G/DCRP
California Towhee G/DCRP
Dark-eyed Junco RRP
Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird BM
Brewer's Blackbird BM
Northern Finches
House Finch LM
American Goldfinch LM
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow LM
Berkeley Aquatic Park = BAP
Berkeley Marina = BM
Garin / Dry Creek Regional Parks = G/DCRP
Lake Merritt = LM
Redwood Regional Park = RRP
Trip Notes
Scouting locations for a Big Day in Alameda County -- visited Garin / Dry Creek, Redwood Regional Park, Lake Merritt, Berkeley Aquatic Park, and Berkeley Marina. Wind was much stiffer near the shore than last weekend but still from the norht - windsurfers were out in force near the Berkeley Marina.
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