Black Terns at Hayward Regional Shoreline
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:35:13 -0700
From: Peter Dramer
Black Terns were seen this morning flying over the ponds at Hayward Regional Shoreline. They are generally seen between now and the middle of June.
From the Interpretive Center, at the end of Breakwater Ave in Hayward, hike the trail out to the bay shore and then continue two hundred yards north along the Bay Trail. Look over the chain link fence signed "Reclaimed Wastewater".
Black Skimmers returned on Sunday. They will be present through August. Common Terns are sometimes seen during June.
Our long time summer resident Arctic Tern did not return last year. However, the one successful Arctic Tern X Forster's Tern did. Likely, this bird will be around although it will be a tough one to find among the humdreds of Forster's Terns.
Peter
Re: Black Terns at Hayward Regional Shoreline
Wed, 08 May 2002 09:47:40 -0700
From: Joseph Morlan
Peter Dramer wrote:
Our long time summer resident Arctic Tern did not return last year. However, the one successful Arctic Tern X Forster's Tern did. Likely, this bird will be around although it will be a tough one to find among the humdreds of Forster's Terns.
What does this bird look like? Are photos available?
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
California Birding & new rarities: http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/
California Bird Records Committee: http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/
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Redwood Regional Park
Wed, 8 May 2002 21:32:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Harris
Folks,
This morning, while doing my usual morning before-work walk in Redwood Regional Park (Oakland Hills), I saw three Hermit Warblers and numerous Townsend's Warblers. I walked out the Dunn Trail from the old East Bay Regional Park District headquarters on Skyline Blvd.. The Hermit Warblers were in the pines just south of the intersection of the Dunn and Graham Trails, and farther southeast along the Dunn Trail. Here's a list of the birds seen (roughly from 7 AM to 8 AM):
Mourning Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Wrentit
American Robin
Varied Thrush (2 heard yesterday, none today)
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Lesser Goldfinch
Purple Finch
John H. Harris
Biology Department, Mills College
Oakland, CA
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
Wed, 8 May 2002 22:21:19 PDT
From: Steve Glover
Hello all,
This morning I went for a walk with Misty in Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, north of Livermore but in Contra Costa County. There were no cars in the lot when we got there and none when we left so we had the place to ourselves. This is usually a very quiet spot, particularly on weekdays. We hiked through two different blocks and found many migrants and breeding birds.
In no particular order:
American Crow / Occupied nest
Lesser Goldfinch / Carrying nest material
Mallard / With 9 tiny precocial young
Dark-eyed Junco / Babies now out of the nest and literally everywhere
Red-shouldered Hawk / Occupied nest
Oak Titmouse / Fledglings everywhere
Orange-crowned Warbler / Carrying food
Spotted Towhee / On nest
Anna's Hummingbird / Nest with young
Wilson's Warbler / 17, almost all singing males though I don''t believe they breed here
MacGillivray's Warbler / 1
Hermit Warbler / 6 plus many songs that were either Townsend's or Hermit
Brown Creeper / Carrying food
American Robin / Already carrying food
Prairie Falcon / Occupied nest
Sharp-shinned Hawk / Occupied nest in an oak with the other adult calling and dive-bombing me. This is only the second or third confirmation for the atlas.
Dusky Flycatcher / One bird seen well and calling, only my third or fourth in the county. The only other empids were three Pacific-slopes.
Swainson's Thrush / The bird of the day with 21 minimum, the most I have had in the county. All the birds I detected were giving their odd little calls so I probably missed many that weren't calling.
Steve Glover
Dublin
Black-chinned Sparrow on Mount Diablo
Thu, 9 May 2002 12:56:25 -0700
From: Judi Cooper
This morning Bingham Gibbs and I went for a short 3-hour morning trip to Mt Diablo. We drove up from the south entrance in Danville, stopping along the way at various pull-outs. Some were very windy and cold and not productive, however, the more protected areas were great.
Prior to the last pull-out (where others are reporting this bird) before the kiosk, we had a life bird for both of us - the Black-chinned Sparrow. It was on the left or upper hillside and it sat up and sang and sang and we watched it several times through our scopes. There were many Bewick's Wrens and also a Western Kingbird in this area.
A little further up on the downhill side we had singing Rufous-crowned Sparrow and Sage Sparrow in the same area.
Further up we had Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Ash-throated Flycatcher. Lots of Violet-green Swallows and White-throated Swifts. All the other birds were the normal.
Young Loggerhead Shrike near Livermore
Thu, 9 May 2002 21:03:07 -0700
From: Steve Huckabone
Tonight on my usual evening walk on the dirt road south of the Livermore airport I had a young Loggerhead Shrike. It was sitting on the top strand of barbed-wire fence and allowed me to approach to within 6 feet. I often see adults in this area but this was the first fledgling, still with downy feathers at the base of the tail.
Good birding.
Steve Huckabone
Alameda County
Livermore, Ca 94550
Tilden Regional Park Nature Area
Thu, 09 May 2002 21:24:13 -0700
From: Larry Tunstall
On Alan Kaplan's 7 AM birdwalk this morning at the Tilden Regional Park Nature Area (Berkeley Hills), we walked up Laurel Canyon Trail to Loop Road, then circled back down along a mostly different route. There was a lot of birdsong all along the way. Even as late as 9 AM, there was a lot of activity and singing by many species along Loop Road from around Laurel Creek to the Pine Creek Trail. In this area, we heard at the same time Black-headed Grosbeak, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Song Sparrow, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and more. The tanager, wood-pewee, Wilson's Warblers, and a Song Sparrow presented themselves for good views. Allen's Hummingbirds were displaying around this area also.
Here's my attempt at a composite group list for the morning:
Double-crested Cormorant (flyover)
Mallard (pond at Nature Area entrance)
Red-tailed Hawk
California Quail (heard)
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher (heard)
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (heard)
Hutton's Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch (heard)
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren (heard)
Swainson's Thrush (heard)
American Robin
Wrentit (heard)
Cedar Waxwing (large flock)
Orange-crowned Warbler (heard)
Hermit Warbler (seen briefly by 1 person)
Wilson's Warbler (many seen and heard)
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee (heard)
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (many everywhere, 1 fledgling seen)
Black-headed Grosbeak (heard)
Good birding, Larry
Larry Tunstall
El Cerrito CA