Friday we went birding at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline including Garretson Pt. and Arrowhead Marsh with birding class friends. The bird of the day was Blue-winged Teal, who made appearances at the both the beginning and end of the day at Garretson Pt. along with a number of water and shore birds. It was obviously Spring today. The American Avocets, Horned Grebes, Black-bellied Plover and Great Blue Heron, were showing off their breeding plumage. I saw my first Barn Swallows of the year. Rails were neither seen nor heard at Arrowhead Marsh. We found a total of 45 different birds.
We also saw a seal and a few butterflies including a Monarch. There were also a few native plants in bloom including California Poppies, Blue-eyed Grass, Bush Monkeyflower and several nice specimens of Ceanothus. Two attractive exotics blooming were Lavatera and Rockrose.
To see today’s bird list go to Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Bird list 3/29/13
You can also see a high quality, larger photo slideshow of today’s birds on Flicker at: Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline
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