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Cormorants Keeping Company

November 2, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Phalacrocorax pelagicus

The high tide idled the Mallards and other dabblers, whose necks aren’t long enough to reach the bottom, but it

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Consolation for No Owls

October 2, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Tringa semipalmata

As a new graduate of the Burrowing Owl Docent Training Program, I knew that these unique birds are crepuscular (most

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Not Snowbirds, These

June 11, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Egretta thula, Fulica americana, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Pelecanus occidentalis

It was a minus 0.55 tide early Saturday morning, low enough to expose yards of mud all along the parkside

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Unidentified Floating Object x3

May 7, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments

The UFO that I spotted a few days ago floating near the Schoolhouse Creek outfall was still afloat this morning.  Two

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Whimbrels

April 18, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Numenius phaeopus

Walking east along the Virginia Street extension I saw at least two, possibly three birds that I thought at first

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A Break in the Rain

February 7, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Agelaius phoeniceus, Ardea alba, Egretta thula, Fulica americana, Limosa fedoa

Feeling imprisoned by rainstorms, I took advantage of the lull this afternoon to walk in the park.  Heavy clouds blocked

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Black Turnstone: A New-to-Me Bird

February 5, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Arenaria melanocephala, Fulica americana, Tringa semipalmata

Thanks to a more experienced birder, I saw a new-to-me bird in the North Basin yesterday evening, as well as

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North Basin Birds: More and Better

December 30, 2016January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aythya marila, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Fulica americana, Oxyura jamaicensis

Friday at midday I was back in the Marina to bask in the mellow weather and try to take more

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A Birdy Thursday Afternoon

December 29, 2016May 2, 2019 Mosey2014 3 Comments Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas platyrhynchos, Limosa fedoa, Melanitta fusca, Oxyura jamaicensis

Birds come here in the winter to enjoy days like today.  The temperature was in the high fifties and there

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Pretty Little Thief: American Wigeon

December 17, 2016January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Mareca americana

Along the north side of the park this Saturday afternoon I spotted a flocklet of exactly seven duck-type birds that

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