Date: 11/28/25 4:41 pm From: Zac Denning via groups.io <zdenning1...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Local interest: Lark Sparrow at Landfill loop
Birding Landfill Loop today with Nat Smale, we had a nice adult (or barely subadult) Lesser Black-backed Gull, standing cooperatively in the shallows close to the trail at (37.9715485, -122.3850165) from about 1:30-2:15pm, beautifully lit.
While technically, Lesser Black-backed Gull is rare, the most surprising bird of the day - and more unusual for this location and date - was a very cooperative Lark Sparrow, which was foraging in the shallow drainage channel that borders the parking lot and the entrance drive to the landfill at about (37.9684635, -122.3797040). Western Lark Sparrows generally winter in far southeast CA, SW Arizona and Mexico, so this is a pretty late lingering bird.
