Calidris minutilla

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Hailstorm in the Park

March 2, 2018January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Calidris minutilla

Thinking there was a break between storms, I headed to the park to try to get a clean picture of

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North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland.  When I first started

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Not a Mudpecker

December 29, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Calidris minutilla, Haematopus bachmani

This Black Oystercatcher posed on a rock and ignored the Least Sandpipers busily pecking into the mud beneath it.  But

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Magical Evening

December 1, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Calidris minutilla, Limosa fedoa, Pelecanus occidentalis

It was one of those magical evenings at the park when the sun is setting in the west and the

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The Bufflehead Are Back

November 4, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Bucephala albeola, Calidris minutilla, Egretta thula, Tringa flavipes

The unusually low tide this evening — minus 0.74 — brought out all the usual bird suspects seen in recent

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South End Birds

November 1, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Arenaria melanocephala, Calidris minutilla, Haematopus bachmani

The waterbird action late Tuesday afternoon lay on the south side of the North Basin, along the Virginia Street extension. 

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Great and Snowy and More

October 23, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 2 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Calidris minutilla, Egretta thula, Megaceryle alcyon

It’s a lucky thing to get a Great Egret and a Snowy Egret in the same picture frame.  I had

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An Organized Bird Walk

March 2, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Calidris alba, Calidris minutilla, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Melozone crissalis, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Recurvirostra americana, Spatula clypeata, Tringa flavipes, Zenaida macroura

The Audubon bird walk that  Emilie Strauss led this morning covered familiar ground and waters but uncovered a number of

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American Coot Birds Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Extreme Tides Greater Scaup Least Sandpiper Ruddy Duck 

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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