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R.E.Johnson
1968
Journal
Nov.30 Berkeley Aquatic Park, Alameda Co., Caly.
Merganser - several, fleeting glance
Coot - 9
Killdeer -13
Avocet -2 (flying)
Ring-billed Gull -1
Bonaparte Gull -7 (species account)
Gull-other (Immra) - several
Kingfisher -1 (flying with fish in beak)
Morning Dove - 4 (feed on ground, 1 on rooftop)
Water Pipit - 1 bathe in mud puddle, feed among Meadowlarks
Western Meadowlark -7 feed in weedy flats
Brown Towhee -3 (species account)
Fox Sparrow -1
Song Sparrow-2
White-crowned Sparrow -4 {species account}
Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1
Sandpipers, sp? - several
South of the main lake are 2 other smaller lakes,
the southernmost being the best for birds (less
disturbance, more surrounding vegetation than the other
2 lakes, considerable mud flats) and having
the greatest bird density. Species:
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 Immra.
Amer.(Common) Egret -8
Pintail -110?,7?
Common Goldeneye 10?, 2?
Coot 30