The second Burrowing Owl of the season had arrived at Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline. And I had no idea I was going straight into it! Planned this along with GGAS for a little over three hours before I could rush back to classes at Berkeley!
Easily accessible by Bart, the nearest station being the Coliseum Bart station / Oakland Airport.
Birds Spotted:
1. Canada Goose - 1 large flock
2. Mallard - 10
3. Gadwall - 2
4. Northern Pintail - 2 flying overhead
5. Pied-Billed Grebe - 1 floating about in the middle of the marsh
6. Western Grebe - 2
7. Clark's Grebe - 1
8. American White Pelican - 2
9. Brown Pelican - 2
10. Double-Crested Cormorant - 7
11. Great Blue Heron - 1
12. Black-Crowned Night Heron - 2
13. Turkey Vulture - 3 soaring
14. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 juvenile)
15. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1
16. Clapper Rail - 1
17. American Coot - 5
18. Black-Bellied Plover - 1
19. Killdeer - 1
20. Black-Necked Stilt - Huge colony
21. American Avocet - 2
22. Willet - 25
23. Marbled Godwit - 4
24. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
25. Western Sandpiper - 2
26. Least Sandpiper - 12
27. Long-Billed Dowitcher - 6
28. California Gull - 2
29. Western Gull - 1
30. Glaucous-Winged Gull - 1
31. Ring-Billed Gull - 8
32. Forester's Tern - 2
33. Elegant Tern - 1
34. Rock Dove - many
35. Mourning Dove - 1
36. Burrowing Owl - 1
37. Anna's Hummingbird - 1
38. Black Phoebe - 3
39. Say's Phoebe - 1
40. Western Scrub-Jay - 1
41. American Crow - 2
42. Barn Swallow - 4
43. Bushtit - 2
44. Red-Breasted Nuthatch - 1
45. Marsh Wren - 2
46. Northern Mockingbird - 2
47. European Starling - 2
48. American Pipit - 2
49. Common Yellowthroat - 2
50. California Towhee - 5
51. Song Sparrow - 2
52. Savannah Sparrow - 4
53. White-Crowned Sparrow - 6
54. Golden-Crowned Sparrow - 2
55. Dark-Eyed Junco - 1
56. Western Meadowlark - 1
57. House Finch - 3
58. House Sparrow - 2
59. Black Turnstone - 4
60. Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Easily accessible by Bart, the nearest station being the Coliseum Bart station / Oakland Airport.
Birds Spotted:
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| Ring-Billed Gull |
2. Mallard - 10
3. Gadwall - 2
4. Northern Pintail - 2 flying overhead
5. Pied-Billed Grebe - 1 floating about in the middle of the marsh
6. Western Grebe - 2
7. Clark's Grebe - 1
8. American White Pelican - 2
9. Brown Pelican - 2
10. Double-Crested Cormorant - 7
11. Great Blue Heron - 1
12. Black-Crowned Night Heron - 2
13. Turkey Vulture - 3 soaring
14. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 juvenile)
15. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1
16. Clapper Rail - 1
17. American Coot - 5
18. Black-Bellied Plover - 1
19. Killdeer - 1
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| American Coots |
21. American Avocet - 2
22. Willet - 25
23. Marbled Godwit - 4
24. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
25. Western Sandpiper - 2
26. Least Sandpiper - 12
27. Long-Billed Dowitcher - 6
28. California Gull - 2
29. Western Gull - 1
30. Glaucous-Winged Gull - 1
31. Ring-Billed Gull - 8
32. Forester's Tern - 2
33. Elegant Tern - 1
34. Rock Dove - many
35. Mourning Dove - 1
36. Burrowing Owl - 1
37. Anna's Hummingbird - 1
38. Black Phoebe - 3
39. Say's Phoebe - 1
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| Black Phoebe |
41. American Crow - 2
42. Barn Swallow - 4
43. Bushtit - 2
44. Red-Breasted Nuthatch - 1
45. Marsh Wren - 2
46. Northern Mockingbird - 2
47. European Starling - 2
48. American Pipit - 2
49. Common Yellowthroat - 2
50. California Towhee - 5
51. Song Sparrow - 2
52. Savannah Sparrow - 4
53. White-Crowned Sparrow - 6
54. Golden-Crowned Sparrow - 2
55. Dark-Eyed Junco - 1
56. Western Meadowlark - 1
57. House Finch - 3
58. House Sparrow - 2
59. Black Turnstone - 4
60. Ruddy Turnstone - 1
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| Black-Necked Stilts |
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| Brown Pelican among Double-Crested Cormorants |
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| Burrowing Owl |
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| California Towhee |
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| Clapper Rail |
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| Common Yellowthroat |
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| Cooper's Hawk |
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| Golden-Crowned Sparrow |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Pied-Billed Grebe |
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| Savannah Sparrow |
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| Western Meadowlark |
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| White-Crowned Sparrow |
