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Wordless Wednesday – Birding at Palo Alto Baylands

11 February, 2009 by Adam R. Paul

3 February, 2009:

American Avocet by you.

American Avocet

Shovelers and Scaup by you.

Northern Shovelers, a Scaup, and a mutt Mallard

Pekin Duck by you.

Pekin Duck (domestic/escapee)

Avocets and Godwits by you.

American Avocets and Marbled Godwits

Avocets and Godwits by you.

More AMAV & MAGO

Northern Shovelers by you.

She & he Northern Shovelers

Sunset by you.

Sunset

Remodelling by you.

Rennovation

Long-billed Curlew by you.

Long-billed Curlew

Long-billed Curlew by you.

LBCU over a NOSH

Sunset by you.

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

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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  1. on 11 February, 2009 at 13:29 scienceguy288

    Was the curlew in takeoff or landing? Either way, great shot.


  2. on 11 February, 2009 at 15:42 Red

    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.


  3. on 11 February, 2009 at 18:17 mon@rch

    So many great birds and LOVE your photos . . as always! Keep up the great work!


  4. on 13 February, 2009 at 10:43 Mary Carlson

    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!


  5. on 13 February, 2009 at 13:39 Bernie Kasper

    Beautiful images Adam, thanks for sharing these great shots, I really like the low tide shot as well !!


  6. on 15 February, 2009 at 20:27 Adam R. Paul

    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.



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