[EBB Sightings] Common Mergansers at Jewel Lake, Friday 2/17

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Friends: Friday afternoon, 2/17/06 there were two male and four female =
Common Mergansers, plus two male and at least two female Buffleheads at =
Jewel Lake in the Tilden Nature Area, Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley. =
Nearby, along the boardwalk to the lake, were Allen's Hummingbird (the =
pink-flowering currant is in bloom) and Northern Flicker and Downy =
Woodpecker.
A recent article in The Four Seasons by Prof. William Graves of Iowa =
State has a photo of Anna's Hummingbird visiting (pollinating?) the rare =
Western Leatherwood. Soon the leatherwood will be blooming. Keep an eye =
out for hummingbirds visiting it!

Best of Life!
Alan Kaplan
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male and four female Common Mergansers, plus two male and at least two =
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Buffleheads at Jewel Lake in the Tilden Nature Area, Tilden Regional =
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Berkeley. Nearby, along the boardwalk to the lake, were Allen's =
Hummingbird (the=20
pink-flowering currant is in bloom) and Northern Flicker and Downy=20
Woodpecker.
Prof.=20
William Graves of Iowa State has a photo of Anna's Hummingbird visiting=20
(pollinating?) the rare Western Leatherwood. Soon the leatherwood will =
be=20
blooming. Keep an eye out for hummingbirds visiting it!

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