I went to Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline after reading the Audublog posting Bird Feeding Frenzy at Pt. Richmond. To learn more about the feeding frenzy and see videos check out Herring Run and the Audublog link. I didn’t find the frenzy of birds feeding on herring eggs but did find lots of water birds. I identified species twenty-eight species plus Scaup and some white ducks. Most numerous were Scaup, Gulls, Surf Scoters, Bufflehead, and Coots.
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Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline Birdlist, Contra Costa, US-CA
Mar 6, 2012 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM
28 species (+3 other taxa) the estimates of number are very low.
Canada Goose 4
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 1
Greater/Lesser Scaup 100
Surf Scoter 20
Bufflehead 30
Common Goldeneye 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 6
duck sp. 4 4 white duck (escape pets?)
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 1
Western Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American Coot 30
Killdeer 3
Least Sandpiper 15
Mew Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Western Gull 3
California Gull 3
gull sp. 100
Rock Pigeon 4
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Black Phoebe 1
American Crow 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
California Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1 Heard Only
White-crowned Sparrow 30
Western Meadowlark 3
Natural History Wanderings 
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