Updated 9/18/11
This week I started a shorebirds birding class through Audubon and Albany Adult School. Our first field trip was to the Albany Waterfront including Albany Bulb. We birded mudflats and rocky shorelines. We saw a good number of species including the Common Murre. Here are a few photos and my bird list. I mostly focused on looking at birds with binoculars and scopes but did take a few photos with a compact camera.
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Click Wingbeats Shorebirds Fall 2011 to see the instructors’ lists
Bird List for Albany Shoreline/Albany Bulb 9/17/11
Semipalmated Plover
Showy Egret
Long-billed Curlew
Avocet
Marbled Godwit
Black-bellied Plover (winter and summer plumage)
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Killdeer
Ruddy Duck
Long-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Coopers Hawk
California Gull
Brown Pelican
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Double-crested Cormorant
Common Murre
Barn Swallow
Forester Tern
Western Gull
Willet
American Crow
Savannah Sparrow
House Finch
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Bushtit
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