Date: 10/7/25 5:40 pm From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Sightings bay and coast sides
Today at Coyote Point County Park, the male Harlequin Duck was resting on a concrete slab at the south end of the line of slabs near Double-crested Cormorants. A rare visitor inside SanFrancisco Bay was a Red Phalarope resting on the edge of the mudflat among other shorebirds east of the marina. I have been reading sightings of Vaux's Swifts coming through the EastBay and San Francisco. I average one or two along the bay shoreline in the fall. I was surprised to note a group of ( 15 ) moving south over the golf coarse. On the 3rd, I headed out to thecoast to check riparian corridors. The wind was just to gusty to even give it a look. I stopped at Moss Beach and did a two hour seawatch. Always a treat was to see the Northern Gannetpass by headed north. During the seawatch, there was a constant movement of Elegant Terns headed south. Nice showing of ( 23 ) Parasitic Jaegers following the Elegant Terns!
Ron Thorn
