[EBB Sightings] Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow

EastBayBirders,

We didn't see the slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, but the WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW continued at Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline at midday today. It and
a large mixed flock of crowned sparrows were feeding across the street from
the first paved parking lot at the edge of some brambles where a sign reads
"Overnight Parking Prohibited."

In the trees between the parking lot and the pond we had RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKER, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. At the pond we saw
both RED-BREASTED and COMMON MERGANSER, LEAST SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, and
a surprising variety of other birds.

Dennis and Patricia Braddy
San Ramon


On 11/13/04 10:21 PM, "Bob Battagin"  wrote:

> Birders,
> 
> This morning, at Miller/Knox
> Regional Shoreline in Richmond,
> there was a SLATE-COLORED DARK-EYED
> JUNCO and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
> Both birds were in a mixed flock of
> Juncos and Crowned Sparrows that
> was foraging beneath the pine trees
> adjacent to the first parking lot
> on the right after you come through
> the tunnel.
> 
> This is a terrific park for
> studying birds.  With open lawns,
> trees, shrubs, and a large pond, it
> attracts a wide variety of birds
> that are somewhat acclimated to
> human activity.
> 
> Good birding,
> 
> Bob Battagin
> Oakland, CA