Date: 1/11/26 1:20 pm From: Marty Freeland via groups.io <martinf3...> Subject: [pen-bird] Lucy's Warbler and Eurasian Teal
Hi all,
On 1/8, Eddie Monson and I birded the south coast for part of the morning. We found a Lucy's Warbler at the Butano Cutoff bridge over Pescadero Ck near the high school, foraging in cape ivy. The Lucy's was a very fresh-looking bird and quite cooperative. Although the county has many records from December, few have stayed into January (e.g., the only ones in eBird/Penbirds were at Seal Pt last year, at Fitzgerald in 2018, and in Pescadero in 1990, although there may certainly be a couple others). The flooded field by the Pescadero Ck Rd bridge over Butano Ck was looking amazing and was full of waterfowl.
This morning (1/11), I spent a couple hours birding the central bayshore. The large rafts of bay ducks that are sometimes off Seal Pt were not present, but there were four Burrowing Owls. On Marina Lagoon in Foster City, two Lesser Yellowlegs were with other shorebirds. Checking the Belmont Slough from behind Design Tech HS in Redwood Shores, a male Eurasian Green-winged Teal ("Common Teal") was with a couple Americans. It was a striking bird and showed no signs of introgression. There have only been 3–4 others reported in the state so far this season, which feels a little below average (although it is still only early January). The male Tufted Duck present for its second winter at Oracle Lagoon was very close in and fed on shellfish within ten yards or so of me for an extended period.
