Northern Parula in Veterans Park, Livermore
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:15:35 -0800
From: Nick Newton
After watching and waiting with a group of about 8 birders for a couple of hours yesterday (Sunday March 24th), from about 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, my patience was finally rewarded when the Northern Parula, which had been sighted earlier that morning around 9 AM, appeared not 2 minutes after the last person gave up! I got very nice views of it for about 10 minutes in the same area described previously. I did not see a black chest band, only a diffuse rufous band, suggesting that this may be an adult female bird? (Peterson describes females as having either indistinct or lacking a chest band, but Sibley shows adult females as having the rufous chest band only, and 1st year females having no band at all). In any event, it is a handsome bird! To add to the pleasure, 3 Bullock's Oriole's flew in from nowhere, one of which took a bath in the creek flowing into the pond.
Nick Newton
Oakland
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Northern Parula
on Saturday
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:18:30 -0800
From: Steve Huckabone
Saturday March 23 at about 8:15 AM I arrived at Veterans Park in Livermore. I meet a fellow birder, Dennis, who had seen the Northern Parula at approximately 7:45 at the spot south of the parking lot. He showed me the location and we hung around for about 30 minutes, then Dennis had to leave. I continued to look for the bird for about 15 more minutes, then went birding around the area. I returned to the spot and immediately found the bird in the top of the willows on the west side of the creek. I had great views of the bird for 30 to 45 minutes - it was still feeding when I left. In addition the puddle under the willows attracted one Fox Sparrow and 2 Lincoln Sparrows.
Steve Huckabone
Livermore, Ca 94550
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Livermore Sewage Treatment Ponds
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:24:00 -0800
From Steve Huckabone
Sunday, March 24, in the Livermore Sewage Treatment Ponds there were two Black-necked Stilts and one American Avocet in alternate plumage. Also in the ornamental ponds near the driveway to the sewage treatment offices, the pair of Cinnamon Teal were still present, having spent all winter there.
Good birding.
Steve Huckabone
Livermore, Ca 94550
Black-bellied Plovers in breeding plumage
Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:59:46 -0800
From: Courtenay Peddle
Hello folks,
Some of the Black-bellied Plovers at Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline in Oakland are in beautiful alternate plumage already.
Good birding,
Courtenay Peddle