My first birding trip after coming to Berkeley! And its the Hayward Shoreline Birding Trip organized by the Golden Gate Audubon Club, headed by the talented Rusty Scalf.
Access : Easy access by BART to Hayward from Berkeley. Fastest way is by car early in the morning. It is a 2 mile walk along the shoreline which starts from the end of Grant Avenue in Hayward.
A list of the birds spotted:
1. Canada Goose - 3 flying across the Bay
2. Clark's Grebe - 1 far into the Bay
3. Double-Crested Cormorant - several in the lakes
4. American White Pelican - 1 flying overhead
5. Brown Pelican - 2 flying over the Bay
6. Great Egret - 2 in the mudflats
7. Snowy Egret - 4
8. Turkey Vulture - 3 soaring overhead
9. White-Tailed Kite - 1 juvenile and 1 adult flying across
10. Northern Harrier - 1 flying across
11. Cooper's Hawk - 1 perched
12. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1
13. Black-Necked Stilt - Many in shallow ponds
14. American Avocet - 5
15. Black-Bellied Plover - Flock of 10 resting
16. Willet - Hundreds in large flocks
17. Whimbrel - 2
18. Long-Billed Curlew - 5
19. Marbled Godwit - 25 to 30 foraging
20. Ruddy Turnstone - 2 resting among a flock of Willets
21. Sanderling - Large flock of over 50 among Willets and Marbled Godwits
22. Least Sandpiper - Hundreds resting
23. Western Sandpiper - Many throughout
24. Wilson's Phalarope - 1 solitary individual
25. Ring-Billed Gull - Many flying across the Bay
26. California Gull - Common along the shore
27. Western Gull - Very common
28. Forester's Tern - 10 to 15 along the shore
29. Osprey - 1 perched on a floating log in the middle of the Bay
30. Mourning Dove - Several in the counties
31. Barn Swallow - Group of 5
32. Anna's Hummingbird - 2 at the beginning of the trail
33. Allen's Hummingbird - 1
34. Northern Flicker - 1
35. Black Phoebe - 4 towards the end of the trail
36. Song Sparrow - 3
37. House Finch - 1 near bushes
38. American Crow - 6
39. California Towhee - 4 near counties
40. Dark-Eyed Junco - 1 on the way back near Berkeley
41. Northern Mockingbird - 1
42. Western Scrub-Jay - 1 at the end of the trail
A good place to visit at high tide to watch the shorebirds! A must for birders at Berkeley. Apparently, its much better in winter with greater bird populations and diversity. Will visit again!
Access : Easy access by BART to Hayward from Berkeley. Fastest way is by car early in the morning. It is a 2 mile walk along the shoreline which starts from the end of Grant Avenue in Hayward.
A list of the birds spotted:
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| American Avocet |
2. Clark's Grebe - 1 far into the Bay
3. Double-Crested Cormorant - several in the lakes
4. American White Pelican - 1 flying overhead
5. Brown Pelican - 2 flying over the Bay
6. Great Egret - 2 in the mudflats
7. Snowy Egret - 4
8. Turkey Vulture - 3 soaring overhead
9. White-Tailed Kite - 1 juvenile and 1 adult flying across
10. Northern Harrier - 1 flying across
11. Cooper's Hawk - 1 perched
12. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1
13. Black-Necked Stilt - Many in shallow ponds
14. American Avocet - 5
15. Black-Bellied Plover - Flock of 10 resting
16. Willet - Hundreds in large flocks
17. Whimbrel - 2
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| Black Phoebe |
19. Marbled Godwit - 25 to 30 foraging
20. Ruddy Turnstone - 2 resting among a flock of Willets
21. Sanderling - Large flock of over 50 among Willets and Marbled Godwits
22. Least Sandpiper - Hundreds resting
23. Western Sandpiper - Many throughout
24. Wilson's Phalarope - 1 solitary individual
25. Ring-Billed Gull - Many flying across the Bay
26. California Gull - Common along the shore
27. Western Gull - Very common
28. Forester's Tern - 10 to 15 along the shore
29. Osprey - 1 perched on a floating log in the middle of the Bay
30. Mourning Dove - Several in the counties
31. Barn Swallow - Group of 5
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| Least Sandpiper |
33. Allen's Hummingbird - 1
34. Northern Flicker - 1
35. Black Phoebe - 4 towards the end of the trail
36. Song Sparrow - 3
37. House Finch - 1 near bushes
38. American Crow - 6
39. California Towhee - 4 near counties
40. Dark-Eyed Junco - 1 on the way back near Berkeley
41. Northern Mockingbird - 1
42. Western Scrub-Jay - 1 at the end of the trail
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| Marbled Godwit |
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| White-Tailed Kite |
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