[EBB Sightings] Lake Merritt vireo nesting

Bruce Mast wrote:

Much the same sightings yesterday afternoon, plus a Hermit Thrush under 
the trees near the garden center (which had an orchid show in full 
swing). Missed the Vireo.

> I didn't notice any Cooper's Hawk activity but the tree they nested in last
> year is still bare.

Travis has seen a Cooper's Hawk carrying sticks, so they're probably 
around somewhere.

> No Mergansers this time, very few Goldeneyes, and none of them Barrows' that
> I noticed. No Sapsuckers, though I didn't scour the area around the
> fountain.

There was a Red-Breasted Sapsucker in one of the trees near the fountain 
when I came through. It had made a major scar in the bark, and appeared 
to be trying to dig a hole. Do they do that?

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