Natural History Wanderings

Brown Pelicans and Double-crested Cormorants

Today I went birding at Elsie Roemer starting about a little over an hour past high tide. Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary is at the east end of Marsh Beach in the town of Alameda. It harbors aquatic birds and other salt marsh creatures.

Black-bellied Plovers

There were large numbers of Black-bellied Plovers and Sanderlings today. There was also a lot of Brown Pelican action. We saw 19 different species today.

Long-billed Curlew and Dowitchers

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Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, California, US
Sep 9, 2017 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Sunny with a medium breeze. 72F. A little over an hour after high tide
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Double-crested Cormorant  13
Brown Pelican  32
Snowy Egret  2
Black-bellied Plover  200
Long-billed Curlew  4
Marbled Godwit  45
Sanderling  200
Least Sandpiper  1
Western Sandpiper  25
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Western Gull  10
Forster’s Tern  5
Elegant Tern  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  23
American Crow  4
European Starling  2
House Sparrow  2