Today I went birding with several of my friends from the Masterbirding program at the Las Gallinas Water Treatment Plant in Marin County, a local birding hotspot. We saw or heard 65 different bird species and saw three river otters. The bird of the day was an Eurasian Green-winged Teal that was on the bank right by the bridge at the beginning of the trail. Other highlights included a Falcon, Cackling Goose, Common Gallinule, several good looks at Marsh Wren. The light was good which made for nice viewing and photography.
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Las Gallinas Valley WTP, Marin, California, US
Feb 10, 2018 8:50 AM – 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Clear, warm. Winds low. Three river otters spotted in Pond 2.
61 species (+4 other taxa)
Cackling Goose 5
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 5
Cinnamon Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 30
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 25
Green-winged Teal 30
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) 1 Preening on bank near bridge. Lacked vertical bar on wing.
Canvasback 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 1
Common Merganser 12
Ruddy Duck 4
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Eared Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 30
Black-crowned Night-Heron 15
Turkey Vulture 27
White-tailed Kite 1
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Sora 2
Common Gallinule 3
American Coot 6
Killdeer 2
Mew Gull 28
Ring-billed Gull 20
Western Gull 2
gull sp. X
Forster’s Tern 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Band-tailed Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 2
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
falcon sp. 1 Light colored, chasing rock doves
Black Phoebe 7
Say’s Phoebe 2
American Crow 40
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 3
Tree/Violet-green Swallow 20
Bushtit 2
Marsh Wren 20
Bewick’s Wren 1
Western Bluebird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 100
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
White-crowned Sparrow 20
Golden-crowned Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 7
California Towhee 1
Western Meadowlark 6
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brewer’s Blackbird 10
Great-tailed Grackle 3
House Finch 7
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42656088
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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