[SBB] Shoreline morning bird report

[Mark Bohrer <[[email protected]]>]

Hoping for some eared grebes in breeding plumage at Shoreline like the 
distant ones I saw Sunday at Don Edwards SF Bay NWR, I arrived a few 
minutes after sunrise to see who was around. There were lots of pied-billed 
grebes and a couple canvas-backs trying to eat things bigger than their 
heads, but no eared or horned grebes. Remnants of last summer's bumper crop 
of snowy egrets like this guy still hang out at Shoreline. It's a good 
thing he's not confused by his own reflection: http://tinyurl.com/6j7l6

At first I thought my normal duck-watching spot was empty of anything but 
two first-year ring-billed gulls yawning at each other. A closer look 
revealed a lone horned grebe still in non-breeding plumage: 
http://tinyurl.com/3rvo6

I hiked down to the Bay afterwards since the treetops were empty of raptors 
(as they usually are in late winter). Among the red-winged blackbirds 
advertising for mates and Anna's hummingbirds patrolling their territories, 
I found this golden-crowned sparrow having a bad-hair day: 
http://tinyurl.com/6ccvu

Back at Shoreline Lake's dock a couple double-crested cormorants preened 
while one dove in the shade nearby. The diver wore his breeding plumage of 
bright lores and eyes, and prominent crest:
http://tinyurl.com/3jz3g

All comments welcome.
(Slight crop to all except golden-crowned sparrow, EOS 1D mark II, ISO 200 
or 400, EF 500mm f/4L IS + EF 1.4X II teleconverter.)

Mark Bohrer
Mountain and Desert Photography
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Invite nature inside with prints of roaring squirrels and hungry egrets 

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