Amtrak line, Contra Costa County, California, US
Dec 7, 2017 7:00 AM – 7:40AM 30.0 mile(s)
Comments: good bayshore viewing between Martinez and Albany
25 species
American Wigeon (Mareca americana) X
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) X
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) X
Common Loon (Gavia immer) X
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) X
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X
Great Egret (American) (Ardea alba egretta) X
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) X
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
American Coot (Fulica americana) X
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) X
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) X
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Willet (Western) (Tringa semipalmata inornata) 30
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) 1 clearly seen, flying with white wing patches evident in good light
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) X
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 9
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) X
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
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