[EBB Sightings] Skip's Lark Sparrow

EastBayBirders,

Skip and I were surprised to see a LARK SPARROW during our west-side 
San Ramon dog-and-bird-walk this morning. In hundreds of neighborhood 
walks this was our first Lark Sparrow and a lifer for Skip. Also a bit 
out of place was a fly-over GREAT BLUE HERON.

Though we've had very few in the neighborhood lately, Skip and I saw 
two large flocks of PINE SISKINS yesterday afternoon in nearby Bishop 
Ranch Regional Preserve. We were at BRRP checking to see if the 
Grasshopper Sparrows we found along Red Tail Hawk Trail last May 1 had 
returned. Not yet. Along that trail we flushed a single HORNED LARK. 
Skip pretended not to be intimidated by the big scary cows we passed 
along the way, but his quickened pace and glance back with furrowed 
brow gave him away.

Dennis Braddy and Skip
San Ramon