The flight at Battery Godfrey was significantly less today, Saturday, than yesterday. The Cocos Booby was seen early in the channel again. There were a number of duck flocks noted with multiple Canvasback groups and one possible Redhead group.
Hugh
On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM Keith Maley via groups.io <keith.maley= <gmail.com...> wrote:
> A small group of observers including Nancy, Logan, Caitlin, and John > witnessed an amazing waterfowl flight at Battery Godfrey today as offshore > winds pushed upwards of 20 mph with cold temperatures and clear skies. > Right after sunrise, a distant swan (presumably Tundra) led a group of > unidentified dark geese from over the Point Bonita arm northeastward, > entirely within Marin County. The flight picked up from there, with our > attempted tallies of the flocks outlined below, all of which are > significant undercounts of the numbers coming into the gate. Geese > continued to pour in when I left at noon. Logan spotted an adult female > COCOS BOOBY in the channel under the constant harassment of gulls and it > remained there throughout. > > Greater White-fronted Goose 41, 20, 3, 60, 5, 39, 20, 22, 40, 15, 4, 16, > 9, 52 > Cackling Goose 12, 7, 2, 10, 19, 20, 1 > Snow Goose 1, 30, 5, 5, 37, 15, 25, 20, 68, 1, 33, 21, 12, 40, 27 > Ross's Goose 6, 1, 10, 12, 1, 3 > American Wigeon 12, 9, 2, 30, 3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 12, 5, 8, 2, 6, 9, 12, 1, 15, > 12, 9 > Northern Pintail 9, 12, 10, 18, 15, 18, 6, 5, 15, 28, 7, 13, 50, 13, 19, > 23, 26, 2, 21, 22, 20, 1, 15, 10, 20, 15, 45 > Northern Shoveler 3, 4, 4, 3, 20, 2, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1 > Green-winged Teal 1,1,1,1 (all singles mixed with dabbler flocks) > Mallard 2, 1, 2, 2 > Gadwall 10 > Greater Scaup 1, 1, 8, 1 > Lesser Scaup 10, 2 > Ring-necked Duck 2 (rare for battery- nocturnal migrants) > Canvasback 1, 26 > Surf Scoter 6, 7, 3, 7, 7, 5, 3, 2, 2, 7 + about 60 below bluff > > > > >
