[EBB Sightings] blessed by birds

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It's Sunday afternoon, and I just returned from a great trip to
beautiful Echo Lake. Thanks to everyone for all the nice responses to my
last posting. I especially appreciate that no one noticed (or commented)
on the fact that I meant to say Downy, but instead called the little
version of a Hairy woodpecker a Nuttalls; I realized my mistake halfway
up Hwy. 50, and was longing for a corrective laptop! I must've had
Nuttall's on the brain, after having just seen one with the GGAS at Lake
Merritt on Wednesday. BTW, thanks Hillary et al for that fun, local
trip.
 
Since it's a bit outside of even the greater Bay Area, I'll be brief
about my high elevation sightings. Up at Echo Lake Lodge, where I was in
the company of many mushrooming friends, the birds were often at eye
level. Goshawks were our dramatic, local accipiter, and my friend
Howard, also a mushrooming birder, saw both Blue Grouse and a Merlin.
The Clark's Nutcracker's must be anticipating a hard winter.their crops
were bulging grotesquely with nuts, to the point where one flying by
almost had the profile of a folded-neck heron! The Steller's jays were
in raucous voice, and beautiful, fresh plumage; I especially liked the
pale electric blue streaks on their heads. Last night, a plain, little
gray bird with a faint white eye-line (vireo or warbler, lousy light at
night) appeared at the window of our main room. It had been migrating
over, but was captivated by either the light or its own reflection. At
any rate, we had to turn off all of our lights to get it to go back on
its journey. After a few minutes of dark, it disappeared. Happy trails,
little fella.
 
Debbie Viess
 
 

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style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s Sunday afternoon, and I =
just
returned from a great trip to beautiful =
  size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial>Echo =
  size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial>Lake. Thanks to everyone for all the nice responses to my last =
posting.
I especially appreciate that no one noticed (or commented) on the fact =
that I
meant to say Downy, but instead called the little version of a Hairy =
woodpecker
a Nuttalls; I realized my mistake halfway up =
Hwy. 50,
and was longing for a corrective laptop! I must’ve had Nuttall’s on the brain, after having just =
seen one
with the GGAS at Lake =
  size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial>Merritt on Wednesday. BTW, thanks Hillary et al for that fun, local =
trip.


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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 


style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Since it’s a bit outside of =
even the
greater Bay Area, I’ll be brief about my high elevation sightings. =
Up at Echo
Lake Lodge, where I was in the company of many mushrooming friends, the =
birds
were often at eye level. Goshawks were our dramatic, local accipiter, =
and my
friend Howard, also a mushrooming birder, saw both Blue Grouse and a =
Merlin.
The Clark’s Nutcracker’s must be anticipating a hard =
winter…their
crops were bulging grotesquely with nuts, to the point where one flying =
by
almost had the profile of a folded-neck heron! The Steller’s
jays were in raucous voice, and beautiful, fresh plumage; I especially =
liked
the pale electric blue streaks on their heads. Last night, a plain, =
little gray
bird with a faint white eye-line (vireo or warbler, lousy light at =
night) appeared
at the window of our main room. It had been migrating over, but was =
captivated
by either the light or its own reflection. At any rate, we had to turn =
off all
of our lights to get it to go back on its journey. After a few minutes =
of dark,
it disappeared. Happy trails, little fella.


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face=3DArial>Debbie =
Viess


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