[EBB Sightings] Indigo Bunting continues

The indigo bunting continued singing from the top of the sycamore 
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, interupted by two trips down to 
patches of thistle in the field southeast of the home tree. He 
dropped down to the patch closest to the tree and fed on a thistle 
head for 2-3 minutes before returning to his perch. Later, he flew 
off and disappeared into a patch of thistle near the crest of the 
hill to the southeast. It would seem like someone with a long lens 
and a lot of patience might get a photo op by staking out the thistle 
patch.

BTW, a pair a kestrels are nesting in the first sycamore along the 
creek bed immediately north of the second bridge. Nest cavity is just 
below the top of the main trunk on the north side of the tree. Both 
parents are delivering whatever they can catch at 10-20 minute 
intervals.

   --

Ron Wolf / Palo Alto



>East Bay Birders, County Birders:
>The Indigo Bunting reported by Emily Serkin on Sunday 29 May 2005 at
>Garin/Dry Creek Regional Park in Union City, Alameda County was still
>present at the same spot this morning at 8:30 AM at a distance of about
>0.25 mile from the Tamarack Drive entrance.
>Walk up Meyers Ranch Tail and make a right between to the small bridges
>onto the grassy field.  The male Indigo Bunting was singing at the top
>of the tallest Sycamore Tree at the north end of this grassy field.
>>From I-880 take Whipple Road east to Mission Blvd., turn left and take
>the first right onto Tamarak Drive and park near the trailhead gate.
>--
>Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, Alameda County