Today I went birding along SF Bay Trail in Richmond, CA –From the Post Office Annex to Shimada Park. I saw thirty species of birds and was able to identify 27 (dowitchers, scaup and gulls are still are challenge). I also probably heard but could not ID a couple more. The highlight was watching four Brown Pelicans fishing in the bay. Also seen were Swallowtail butterflies and a few California native wildflowers (California Poppy, Bush Monkeyflower, Lavatera, and Suncups). The sun was strong and I was often shooting into the light so it was not an especially good day for photography.
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SF Bay Trail Birdlist (Post Office Annex to Shimada Park) — Contra Costa, US-CA. Feb 25, 2012
The number of species is the highest number of each species seen at one time to avoid overcounting
Canada Goose 4
American Wigeon 1
Green-winged Teal 20
Greater/Lesser Scaup 40
Common Goldeneye 2
Ruddy Duck 6
Horned Grebe 1
Brown Pelican 4
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 1
American Coot 20
Black-bellied Plover 20
American Avocet 6
Willet 30
Whimbrel 1
Long-billed Curlew 1
Marbled Godwit 1
Least Sandpiper 20
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 35
Ring-billed Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
gull sp. 100
Forster’s Tern 5
Rock Pigeon 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Black Phoebe 2
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
House Finch 1
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