Today we went birding along the Emeryville Shoreline. We went along the shoreline from the police station to Chinese restaurant, along the point and by the Marina.
Our primary goals was to see what birds might be along the rocky shoreline south of the road where birds like to “hang out” during high tide. We saw a large number of Willets, about a dozen Marbled Godwits”, at least three Whimbrel and no “peeps”. Later in the year the numbers of birds and species will no doubt increase.
Highlights of the day were seeing a Common Murre, Red-throated Loon and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. All are considered rare for this site at this time of year according to eBird. We also saw a group of nine Black Oystercatchers out on the end of a pier at the Marina. (We have seen them there before but in smaller numbers).
The total number of species identified was twenty-two which was more than we expected. To see today’s list go to Bird List for Emeryville Shoreline 8/24/14
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