Natural History Wanderings

On January 7 I went birding at Elsie Roemer.  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. It was as the high tide was going out. There were very large numbers of shorebirds, which is what makes this one of the Bay Area’s top shorebird areas. We saw 29 different species.

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Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Bird List  January 7, 2020

Mallard  X
Northern Pintail  X
Bufflehead  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Anna’s Hummingbird  X
American Coot  X
American Avocet  X
Black-bellied Plover  X
Long-billed Curlew  X
Marbled Godwit  X
Sanderling  X
Dunlin  X
Western Sandpiper  X
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Western Gull  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  8
Nuttall’s Woodpecker  1
Black Phoebe  1
American Crow  X
Western Bluebird  X
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  X
Lesser Goldfinch  X
White-crowned Sparrow  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X