Natural History Wanderings

Today we went birding at the Emeryville Shoreline and Elsie Romer Bird Sanctuary mainly to see shorebirds.

Along the Emeryville Shoreline next to the road there were hundreds of Willets and Dunlin along with a large number of Marbled Godwits. There were also some Black Turnstones and Whimbrels mixed in. Only had nine species as just stayed along area by road.

At Elsie Roemer the Willets, Marbled Godwits, and Dowitchers were most abundant. We saw a total of 19 species.

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Emeryville shoreline–near fire station, Alameda, California, US
Oct 29, 2016 10:20 AM – 11:20 AM
9 species

Bufflehead  7
Whimbrel  6
Marbled Godwit  X
Black Turnstone  6
Dunlin  X
Willet  X
Anna’s Hummingbird  1
Black Phoebe  1
American Crow  3

Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, California, US
Oct 29, 2016 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  2
Northern Pintail  6
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Brown Pelican  8
Snowy Egret  6
American Coot  X
American Avocet  2
Black-bellied Plover  X
Marbled Godwit  X
Dunlin  X
Least Sandpiper  X
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  X
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Western Gull  X
Forster’s Tern  6
White-crowned Sparrow  3
House Finch  2