Natural History Wanderings

Great Blue Heron

At high tide the Emeryville shoreline is loaded with Marbled Godwits, Willets, several Whimbrel and others (today we saw one Western Sandpiper and One Black Turnstone) on the rocky area just south of the sidewalk between the Fire Station and Chinese Restaurant. We walked the shoreline and through the park next to the Marina.

Marbled Godwits and Willets at High Tide at Emerville Shoreline

Highlights besides the 100’s of birds along the shoreline included, Common Loons displaying, a Horned Grebe bobbing and dancing (we weren’t quite sure what it was doing), a Crow aggressively mobbing a Gull and getting very close looks at a Great Blue Heron.  Other birders reported Townsend Warblers in the trees in the park, but we were unable to find them. We identified twenty-six species in all.  See Bird list at Emeryville Shoreline Bird List 12/5/14.

Least Sandpipers