Re: [SBB] BLSKs in Charleston Slough

["Garrett Lau" <[[email protected]]>]

You did a pretty good job of counting them in flight. The Black Skimmers were all just standing on the island when I arrived at 5:30pm today, March 28. When they took off and landed on a sandbar, I got this photo that shows 29 of them:

http://www.pbase.com/image/57904739

 

Out of area: My photos from my Alameda County trip on Sunday, March 26 are at

http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau/recentbirds

 

Highlights include: Greater White-Fronted Goose (around 10), Clapper Rail (2), Sora, Black Oystercatcher (3), and Tufted Duck.

 

--Garrett

 

On 3/27/06, [[email protected]] < [[email protected]]> wrote:

All:

 

Today, Monday, March 27, at about 11 AM a flock of more than 25 Black Skimmers flew in and made multiple passes at the "Skimmer Island" in Charleston Slough.   Those large birds scared up a huge number of shorebirds from the island, leading to a wild fly-a-round.  Several times I counted at least 25 BLSKs before the confused flying messed up my count.   There seemed to be some immatures in the flock, but I only had my binos, since I was just bicycling around.  A strong wind from the south may blow in some strays; it certainly made the bicycling more difficult in spots.

 

Frank Vanslager

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