Natural History Wanderings

Today I went on an Audubon Birding Field Trip to Pt. Isabel. It was a sunny day  in the sixties. The tide was coming in.The habitat was coastal shoreline and mudflats and coast scrub. The dominant plant in flower was Anise. Also in bloom were California Poppy, California Fuschia, Lizard Tail and Gumplant.

Observers: 46 participants in Golden Gate Audubon and Meet-up Field Trip led by Alan Kaplan. Walked out and about a mile each way.

Shorebirds continue to come in. Most abundant  were Willets and Dowitchers. Most interesting observation was each bridge area had a Great Blue Heron, Great Egret and Snowy Egret that were observed fishing and catching fish. Also see were Anise Swallowtail and Cabbage White butterflies. I saw 24 different bird species.

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Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron  3

Great Egret  3

Snowy Egret  3

Turkey Vulture  1

Black-bellied Plover  2

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Willet  33

Whimbrel  1

Long-billed Curlew  3

Marbled Godwit  1

peep sp.  5

Short-billed Dowitcher  16

Long-billed Dowitcher  X

Wilson’s Phalarope  1

Western Gull  5

California Gull  2

Mourning Dove  3

Anna’s Hummingbird  1

Nuttall’s Woodpecker  1

Black Phoebe  1

American Crow  1

California Towhee  1

House Finch  1