[SBB] Lesser Scaup ducklings at the EEC 8/12
- Subject: [SBB] Lesser Scaup ducklings at the EEC 8/12
- From: "Stephanie Ellis" <[[email protected]]>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:07:32 -0700
- Delivery-date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:08:12 -0400
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Yesterday, I birded
the EEC (Alviso) with Mike Mammoser from 12:00-3:30 p.m. Highlights included a
juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER in New Chicago Marsh seen from the main
levee. Two SNOWY PLOVERS were seen in the northwest corner of New Chicago
marsh. We had incredible looks at the two BLACK
TERNS that have been present there also. Our most interseting sighting
was a LESSER SCAUP with her 3 ducklings! This scaup family was
in the northwest corner of the channel that runs along the A16
levee. The ducklings were very young (dark and fuzzy). Aside from the
incredible numbers of peeps and phalaropes, there was a
massive feeding frenzy of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS,
BLACK-NECKED STILTS, SNOWY EGRETS, GREAT EGRETS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
peeps etc. on the large algal mat that is present at the beginning of the
main levee. Very exciting to see and very noisy too.
Stephanie
Stephanie Ellis
Outreach Specialist
San Francisco Bay Bird
Observatory
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