18 birders attend the walk with pleasant weather. Many of the shorebirds were in breeding plumage, especially the Black-bellied Plovers. Pacific Golden-Plover was the highlight of the walk.

Between the two locations, we saw 47 species.

Robb Field – 38
Clark’s Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Least Tern
Elegant Tern
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
Cassin’s Kingbird
American Crow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
Savannah Sparrow
House Finch
Lessor Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Famosa Slough – 26
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-necked Stilt
Yellowleg Sp.
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Long-billed Dowitcher
Western Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Allen’s Hummingbird
Red-crowed Parrot
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
American Crow
Northern Mockingbird
Hooded Oriole
European Starling
House Finch
Lessor Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Leader: Jeff Ebright