Wildcat Creek Trail, Richmond, CA

It's official. I'm a bird nerd. I bought my first spotting scope - albeit a cheaper one - and couldn't wait to test it out today at Wildcat Creek Trail in Richmond as part of the ongoing Richmond Bird Census. It's next to a sewage treatment plant, which oddly has more birdlife at low tide than the adjacent wetlands.

In the park and wetlands, we saw -

• Northern Harriers
• Redtail Hawks
• Osprey
• White-tailed Kite
• Turkey Vulture
  
• Mockingbird
  
• Red-winged Blackbird

Over in the sewage treatment plant -

• Burrowing Owl that had taken up residence along side the pond under the pavement.
  
• Snow Goose
• Greater White-Fronted Goose
• Canada Geese
• Greater Yellow Legs
• Black-necked Stilts
• Gadwalls
  
• Green-winged Teals
• Northern Shovelers
• Mallards
• Buffleheads
  
• American Coots