Fun time out at Shoreline Park today, although the path around Shoreline Lake is closed and looks like it’ll be under construction for some time to come. A burrowing owl was in the usual place by the frontage road, and there are a heck of a lot of Northern Shoveler and Ruddy Ducks, as well as decent numbers of Common Goldeneye and Surf Scoter.
Today’s list is:
– accipiter sp. (Cooper’s or Sharp-shinned Hawk)
– American Avocet
– American Coot
– Anna’s Hummingbird
– Black Phoebe
– Black-necked Stilt
– Bufflehead
– Burrowing Owl
– Bushtit
– California Towhee
– Canvasback
– Common Goldeneye
– Double-crested Cormorant
– Eared Grebe
* Fox Sparrow
– Gadwall
– Gold-crowned Sparrow
– Greater Yellowlegs
– House Finch
– Mallard
– Northern Harrier
– Northern Mockingbird
– Northern Shoveler
– Pied-billed Grebe
– Red-winged Blackbird
– Ring-billed Gull
– Scaup
– Snowy Egret
– Surf Scoter
– White-crowned Sparrow
– Willet
– Yellow-rumped Warbler