[EBB Sightings] bluebirds

Hi, all.
  A good month ago (+ or - a week or two) I was riding
my bike in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland and
saw a number of Western Bluebirds. They were at the
very top of the ridge in the Chinese and Greek
Orthodox sections. I've meant to get back to enjoy
them more, but haven't, so I don't know if they're
still there or not. I suspect they're year round
residents. (The cemetery is at the eastern end of
Piedmont Ave.)
Cheers,
Alan Howe,
Oakland
--- Donna Jurgens  wrote:
> We have had four Western Bluebirds stop by our
> birdbath in the Northgate
> area of Walnut Creek.  I was so excited after their
> first visit, but when I
> mentioned it at Wild Birds Unlimited they said it
> would be unusual to see
> them again.  Of course, that made me look all the
> harder for them!  I've
> only seen them once since that time, when all four
> stopped again at the
> birdbath, then flew away.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com
> [mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf
> Of Lance Beeson
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:55 PM
> To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
> Subject: [EBB Sightings] bluebirds
> 
> Identified for certain a Western Bluebird today in
> Rossmoor, above the 
> BuckeyeTennis Courts (I am using the Sibley guide).
> The residents have 
> put up dozens of nesting boxes for them though I
> have yet to see one 
> occupied. I saw what I THOUGHT was a bluebird last
> Friday nearby but 
> there was no red on its breast. I scoured several 
> of my bird books and 
> could only come up with a Mountain bluebird but that
> does not seem 
> possible here, right? It was a beautiful blue and
> no, not a jay. The 
> closest other bird in that and other guides is an
> indigo bunting, but 
> wrong beak shape and color, wrong territory.
> 
> Next purchase: better binoculars. Suggestions for
> value and quality 
> welcome. I do like em a bit smaller if possible.
> 
> 
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