Natural History Wanderings

Today we went birding in the Berkeley section of the  McLaughlin Eastshore SP in the area between Gilman St. and University Av. It was low tide. We walked about 2.5 miles
from Gilman Street to Sea Breeze through and around Berkeley Meadow and along Virginia Annex. Some of the seasonal ponds in Berkeley Meadow still have water in them although there were only a few birds in them. We identified 26 species today. Click read more to see bird list.

McLaughlin Eastshore SP Berkeley section 5/15/16
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6
Mallard  4
Greater Scaup  6
Western/Clark’s Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Black Oystercatcher  1
Killdeer  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Western Gull  X
Caspian Tern  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  2
Anna’s Hummingbird  1
American Crow  X
Common Raven  1
Barn Swallow  X
Cliff Swallow  X
European Starling  2
Song Sparrow  X
California Towhee  5
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
House Finch  X
House Sparrow  1