Date: 3/12/25 3:02 pm From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Black Skimmer Bay Area
7:00 PM. Bob Keiffer here from Mendocino County. I just received a phone call from a wildlife biologist friend who watched a Black Skimmer for ten minutes through his binoculars in San Francisco Bay near Oyster Point. Here is the info that he sent to me after our phone conversation:
“Black Skimmer
Cove, immediately south of the Oyster Point Marina fishing pier. South San Francisco.
Bird predominately “skimming” in the western portion of the cove 50-100 yards off shore.
6:45-7:00 pm
Overcast, virtually no wind, no wave action. Incoming tide, though still extensive mud exposed.
Lone adult bird with obvious field identification traits; extended lower mandible, red bill with black tip. Black back and wings.”
I don’t know if anyone else has reported this bird. Good birding! <rjkeiffer...>
