Natural History Wanderings

Today we went birding at Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline. The habitat there consists of  Coastal Shoreline, Mudflats, Coast Scrub and Marsh.

We had hope to see Ridgway’s Rail due to the King Tides but none were to be found by us or any of the other birders we spoke with. We did see five Wilson’s Snipe at the island in the Bay opposite Meeker’s Slough. Most abundant birds were Ruddy Duck, Greater Scaup, American Coot, Western Gull and White-crowned Sparrows. Say’s Phoebe and Semi-palmated plover were firsts for us at this location. It continues to be one of my favorite places to bird and I now have a list of 111 birds for Pt. Isabel.

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Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline Bird List 11/26/15

Canada Goose  X
American Wigeon  X
Northern Shoveler  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Greater Scaup  X
Bufflehead  X
Common Goldeneye  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Horned Grebe  1
Eared Grebe  1
Clark’s Grebe  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Brown Pelican  X
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  X
Turkey Vulture  4
American Coot  X
American Avocet  X
Black-bellied Plover  X
Semipalmated Plover  2
Willet  X
Whimbrel  X
Long-billed Curlew  X
Marbled Godwit  X
Least Sandpiper  X
Wilson’s Snipe  5
Ring-billed Gull  X
Western Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Anna’s Hummingbird  X
Black Phoebe  X
Say’s Phoebe  1
American Crow  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
White-crowned Sparrow  X
Golden-crowned Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
California Towhee  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Western Meadowlark  X
House Finch  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26007910