Birding News & Inspiration from Golden Gate Audubon
By Ilana DeBare
Welcome back to the Lake Merritt Tufted Duck!
Once again, a Tufted Duck has arrived to winter among the scaup of Lake Merritt in Oakland. This is of note since Tufted Ducks aren’t native to California — they’re a Eurasian species that occasionally turns up here, presumably migrating south with other birds from Siberia.
Its arrival sparked an interesting dialogue earl…
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By Dave Quady
No matter what your normal birding pattern is, sooner or later you’ll probably find yourself chasing off in hopes of finding a particular species. Often it’s a potential addition to your life list, which might generate the need (or “opportunity,” as birders usually put it) to visit a new part of the country. Arizona, say, or Texas or Alaska.
Other times it’s an individual bird …
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By Janet Byron
Northern Shovelers are common in the Bay Area in winter months. But breeding season is another matter – so it was exciting news when a female Northern Shoveler and babies were recently spotted in Alameda County.
Golden Gate Audubon board member Bob Lewis photographed the Shoveler with two ducklings on May 20 at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont.
“The recently issued Alameda Coun…
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