We had a good turnout of at least 39 birders. The weather was overcast and pleasant. Many of the shorebirds were in breeding plumage, which is always a treat. Saw a Great-blue Heron swallow a fish that was so large that if you did not see it, you would never believe it. Finding a Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Famosa Slough was a bonus.

Between the two locations, we saw 46 species.

Robb Field – 40
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Osprey
Ridgway’s Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Heermann’s Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Amazona sp.
Black Phoebe
American Crow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
House Finch
House Sparrow

Famosa Slough – 22
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Red-shouldered Hawk
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Western Gull
Forster’s Tern
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
American Crow
European Starling
House Finch

Leader:  Jeff Ebright