[EBB Sightings] Round Top

I birded the area around Round Top (off Skyline Blvd in Oakland) and the
ridges east of it this morning from 8:30 to noon.  I found a wonderful
variety of flowers and birds including a surprise GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
singing and acting as if on territory.  It seemed to me a scary place for a
small bird as I occasionally see over a hundred Ravens having a Pow-wow on
this fairly flat spot south of Round Top.  There were also two Lark Sparrows
in the same area.  Following are the birds seen and/or heard this morning.
All were in Contra Costa County.

Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Kestrel
Cal Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
    and many unidentified hummers (30+) flying north along the ridge
N Flicker
Pac Slope Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
Scrub Jay
C Raven
Tree Swallow
VG Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch entering nest hole
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Western Bluebird carrying nesting material into a nest box
Swainson's Thrush
A Robin
Wrentit
N Mockingbird
Cal Thrasher
E Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Cal Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow pair
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
DE Junco
Lazuli Bunting
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Am Goldfinch

John Luther
Oakland