Date: 1/13/25 10:55 pm From: Don Simonson via groups.io <don.r.simonson...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Black Skimmers in action - Richmond
My wife Marcia and I observed 55 Black Skinmers in Richmond today, half
mile northwest of 51st Steet at the Bay Trail. About sundown they lifted
off. I have noticed back East they tend to feed when wind and water calm at
sunset and sunrise. Thanks to prior birders’ reports, we refound fourteen
of them at Shimada Friendship Park near Richmond Marina. They were skimming
with lower mandible in the water. A favorite bird of ours and a fabulous
spectacle with the sunset blazing through the Golden Gate behind them.
Good birding!
Don Simonson
El Cerrito
