Natural History Wanderings

I went birding today at Albany mudflat and adjoining meadow in McLaughlin State Park on a Golden Gate Audubon field trip. The highlight for everyone was seeing a somewhat distant Burrowing Owl. I have 34 birds on my list but I am sure the group totals will be higher.

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McLaughlin Eastshore SP–Albany access, Alameda, California, USJan 26, 2019 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s) 33 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  X
Northern Shoveler  X
American Wigeon  X
Mallard  X
Northern Pintail  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Canvasback  X
Greater Scaup  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Western/Clark’s Grebe  X
Anna’s Hummingbird  X
American Coot  X
American Avocet  X
Long-billed Curlew  X
Marbled Godwit  X
Dunlin  X
Western Sandpiper  X
Willet  X
Mew Gull  X
Western Gull  X
Forster’s Tern  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Snowy Egret  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Burrowing Owl  1
Black Phoebe  X
Say’s Phoebe  1
American Crow  X
Common Raven  1
House Finch  X
White-crowned Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X

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