3 February, 2009:
American Avocet
Northern Shovelers, a Scaup, and a mutt Mallard
Pekin Duck (domestic/escapee)
American Avocets and Marbled Godwits
More AMAV & MAGO
She & he Northern Shovelers
Sunset
Rennovation
Long-billed Curlew
LBCU over a NOSH
Low tide
Birds seen:
Location: Palo Alto Baylands
Observation date: 2/3/09
Number of species: 22
+ American Wigeon – Anas americana 5
Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos 75
+ Northern Shoveler – Anas clypeata 50
+ Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca 3
+ Greater/Lesser Scaup – Aythya marila/affinis 4
Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis 15
Great Egret – Ardea alba 1
+ Snowy Egret – Egretta thula 1
+ Cooper’s Hawk – Accipiter cooperii 1
Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis 1
American Coot – Fulica americana 100
+ Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus 4
+ Black-necked Stilt – Himantopus mexicanus 35
+ American Avocet – Recurvirostra americana 100
+ Long-billed Curlew – Numenius americanus 7
+ Marbled Godwit – Limosa fedoa 30
peep sp. – Calidris sp. 40
+ Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus 40
+ Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis 50
+ Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans 1
White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys 15
+ Golden-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia atricapilla 15
+ = year bird
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Adam Paul 
Was the curlew in takeoff or landing? Either way, great shot.
Excellent shots as always Adam 🙂
I now realize I need to go back to my miscellaneous waterfowl and double check the IDs. The Scaup you captured looks familiar and I either mis-IDd it or left it unknown.
I wonder if that building will be done in time for the swallows return.
So many great birds and LOVE your photos . . as always! Keep up the great work!
What a wonderful birdy day you had, Adam. So, they are finally renovating the visitor center. It is the visitor center, right? I really LOVE that long-billed curlew in flight with its mouth open. That was cool!
Beautiful images Adam, thanks for sharing these great shots, I really like the low tide shot as well !!
Scienceguy: Had taken off, was flying to a new landing place, so both 🙂
Red: Thanks! Misc waterfowl can be rather difficult to ID for sure. The under-construction building is the old, formerly abandoned, Palo Alto Yacht Club building, not the interpretive center where the swallows nest.
Monarch: Thanks!
Mary: Nope, per my comment to Red (above), it’s the old direlect yacht club. The Visitor Center is pretty sorry too (and hardly ever open when I’m there).
Bernie: Thank you.