[EBB Sightings] Del Valle, etc. (incl.late reports)

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Hi birders,

Yesterday afternoon (12/12), I found a wintering Chipping Sparrow at Lake Del 
Valle in Livermore.  I also saw two Cacking (Aleutian) Geese mixed in with 
the large flock of Canada Geese that hang out on the mudflats and lawn area.  
Other critters of note included a lone Bonaparte's Gull along the shore at the 
mudflats and a Striped Skunk in a picnic area on the west shore.

A couple of weeks ago, there were 3 American White Pelicans at Del Valle, the 
first I've ever seen there.  There's a flock of 200-300 that have been 
wintering at the Tracy Sewer Ponds just over the Altamont, so maybe they were just 
visiting for the day.

Also wanted to mention that last Saturday (12/4), when I went for my second 
look at the Swamp Sparrow in Springtown (found it near the reeds near the 
trail's dead end), I also saw two sub-adult Golden Eagles.  They spent some time 
perched in a tree across a field roughly northwest of that spot.

Good birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA

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=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hi birders,

Yesterday afternoon (12/12), I found a wintering Chipping Sparrow at Lake De=
l Valle in Livermore.  I also saw two Cacking (Aleutian) Geese mixed in=
 with the large flock of Canada Geese that hang out on the mudflats and lawn=
 area.  Other critters of note included a lone Bonaparte's Gull along t=
he shore at the mudflats and a Striped Skunk in a picnic area on the west sh=
ore.

A couple of weeks ago, there were 3 American White Pelicans at Del Valle, th=
e first I've ever seen there.  There's a flock of 200-300 that have bee=
n wintering at the Tracy Sewer Ponds just over the Altamont, so maybe they w=
ere just visiting for the day.

Also wanted to mention that last Saturday (12/4), when I went for my second=20=
look at the Swamp Sparrow in Springtown (found it near the reeds near the tr=
ail's dead end), I also saw two sub-adult Golden Eagles.  They spent so=
me time perched in a tree across a field roughly northwest of that spot.

Good birding,

Kathy Robertson

Hayward, CA

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