[SBB] Barrow's Goldeneye at Shoreline Lake

[Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]>]

Today, Sunday, January 29, I had the pleasure of introducing a smart 
young birder and his mother to Shoreline Lake.  Ben Haynes(13) was 
the first to spot the female Barrow's Goldeneye he identified by its 
head shape and fully yellow bill.  Beth Haynes and I also saw the 
bird in full sun using spotting scopes.  We had the chance to also 
see female Common Goldeneye with sloped foreheads and dark bills with 
only a yellow tip.
'
There were 8 or more Pied-billed Grebes, 3 or 4 Eared Grebes, and at 
least one Horned Grebe with the white cheek of basic plumage.

The rest of our 24 species is listed below.  The lowered water level 
may have attracted a few more shore birds than usual.

Gordon Barrett

Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-Crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Turkey Vulture
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs (2-3)
Willet (6-7)
Marbled Godwit (1)
Ring-Billed Gull
California Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Bushtit
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
California Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow (22)
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Gordon Barrett
[[email protected]]

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