Date: 12/27/25 9:54 am From: Terry Rowe via groups.io <terrarowe...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Looking for storm waifs
I was at Shoreline yesterday afternoon and there were 9 white-fronted geese on the grass by the lake.
Buffleheads, eared grebes, black-necked stilts, avocets, shovelers, and golden eyes, including what appeared to be hybrids.
Terry Rowe
On 12/26/2025 12:27 PM, lavin_fara via groups.io wrote: > I went to Shoreline Lake this morning to see what the storms might > have brought in. Answer, a Pelagic Cormorant on the platform next to > the kayak polo goals. I then got distracted counting Coots, to avoid > entering an unsavory X for the count in eBird. And, of course, to > keep tabs on the local population numbers (they seem to be doing just > fine). All that is by way of saying, when next I looked, the > Cormorant was gone, whether in the lake or heading back to the coast I > couldn't say. The other sighting of interest were the two Black > Oystercatchers, copulating on the little island in the lake. If they > do it again on or after January 1st, they'll be an item in the > California statewide Bird Atlas project. > Good luck on your next adventure, Pete > https://ebird.org/checklist/S290392833 >
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