I was out birding today again for the Global Shorebird Counting Program which is part of World Shorebird Day. Today was McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in Berkeley, which included North Cove, Berkeley Meadow, Sea Breeze and Virginia Annex. It was a hazy sunny day with temperatures 74 F at start, 80 F at end. We started at Gilman walked to Sea breeze, north on shoreline by University Av. to end of Meadow, along west side of Meadow, Virginia Annex and back to Gilman. Observers Clayton Anderson and Sandy Steinman. We saw 24 different species. Most unusual for this are was a Western Wood-Peewee in the Berkeley Meadow. We found Spotted Sandpipers, Black Oystercatchers and Black Turnstones, which were absent yesterday in Emeryville.
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McLaughlin Eastshore SP–Berkeley Meadow, Alameda, California, US Bird List Sep 3, 2017
12:55 PM – 3:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Global Shorebird Count as part of World Shorebirds Day. Hazy sun 74F at start 80F at end. Started at Gilman walked to Sea breeze, north on shoreline by University Av. to end of Meadow, along west side of Meadow, Virginia Annex and back to Gilman. Observers Clayton Anderson and Sandy Steinman
24 species
Canada Goose 68
Mallard 14
Greater Scaup 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 1
Black Oystercatcher 5
Black-bellied Plover 2
Marbled Godwit 9
Black Turnstone 30
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Willet 14
Ring-billed Gull 10
Western Gull 200
California Gull 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 150
Mourning Dove 1
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Black Phoebe 2
American Crow 7
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
California Towhee 5
Brewer’s Blackbird 3
House Finch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38984318
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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