[EBB Sightings] yard birds

I've seen a few Band-tailed Pigeons from time to time in the 
neighborhood, but this morning I noticed a big bird land in the tree 
and begin eating berries, at the side of the house while I was making 
coffee. After I saw what I could from the window with binoculars, I 
saw the white collar. Then something spooked it (them) and the flock 
that I couldn't see took off. They came back a little later and 
landed in the neighbor's tree, again eating berries. They spooked 
again, and this time, since I'd stepped out the door to try to take a 
photo (not what spooked them), I could see that there were between 
30-50 of them, so many that I could hear their wings flapping. What a sight!

Debbi Brusco
Hayward