Tringa semipalmata

Willets Awake and Not

February 24, 2019February 17, 2019 Mosey2014 Tringa semipalmata

Lit by the morning sun, this Willet (Tringa semipalmata) posed like a model, legs artfully crossed, head turned to show

* Birds Willet

A Willet’s Morning Ritual

November 18, 2018November 11, 2018 Mosey2014 Tringa semipalmata

The rising sun’s slanting rays woke up this Willet in the rip-rap on the east side of the park. Perched

* Birds Black Turnstone Willet

Feathered Fellows

August 5, 2018August 14, 2018 Mosey2014 Arenaria melanocephala, Tringa semipalmata

Some birds seem to be very sociable with other species. The Willet is an example. I’ve seen Willets hanging close

* American Coot Birds Black Turnstone Bufflehead Horned Grebe Willet

Siesta Time in Birdland

July 26, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Arenaria melanocephala, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Podiceps auritus, Tringa semipalmata

The rocks and waters below the Open Circle viewpoint harbored a diverse feathered fellowship this afternoon. I was surprised and

* Birds Black Oystercatcher Snowy Egret Willet

Summer Steadies

July 9, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Egretta thula, Haematopus bachmani, Tringa semipalmata

The Red-winged Blackbirds, their breeding done, departed about a week after Summer Solstice. They usually leave earlier, but then they

* Birds Marbled Godwit Willet

A Company of Willets

March 22, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Limosa fedoa, Tringa semipalmata

Down on the rip-rap on the east side of the park, it’s not unusual to see a Willet or two

* American Avocet American Coot American Crow American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet

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

* Birds Willet

Willets in the Rain

January 5, 2018January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Tringa semipalmata

I’ve long wondered where birds go and what they do in the rain. I got part of the answer this

* Birds Willet

Willet Gets a Big One

December 29, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Tringa semipalmata

This Willet managed to spear a crab. Compared to human scale this wiggling crustacean is tiny in the extreme. But

* American Coot Black Oystercatcher Brown Pelican Bufflehead Great Blue Heron Mallard Western Gull White-Crowned Sparrow Willet

The Usual Feathered Suspects

November 12, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea herodias, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Haematopus bachmani, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Tringa semipalmata, Zonotrichia leucophrys

The big news in the park this past week was the rain. Soon those brown hills will be green. In

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