Birding at Radio Road (Redwood City, CA)

I meant to post this before heading to Oregon for 10 days, but so it goes. I briefly swung by the Radio Road ponds in Redwood Shores on the way home from work on 19 July, and was glad I did.

Dowitcher sp.

Many avocet chicks were on the sandbars and next to the road – they’re awfully cute!

 
American Avocet chick (Recurvirostra americana)

 
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

 
Marbled Godwits, American Avocets, and Ring-billed Gulls, oh my!

 
Ducklings

Birds seen:
– American Avocet (and a dozen or two chicks!)
– Barn Swallow
– Black-necked Stilt
– Brewer’s Blackbird
– Canada Goose
– Caspian Tern
– Cliff Swallow
– Double-crested Cormorant
– Dowitcher sp.
– House Finch
– House Sparrow
– Mallard (many w/chicks & juveniles)
– Marbled Godwit (hundreds)
– Ring-billed Gull
– Snowy Egret
– Song Sparrow
– Willet