[EBB Sightings] Saturday at Sunol RP

Six of us from the Oakland Bird Club enjoyed a near-perfect day of birding
at Sunol Regional Park. We hiked the Ohlone Trail up to Little Yosemite and
then returned along the fire road. Highlights included 2 pairs of WOOD DUCKS
at a stock pond below the Canyon View Trail, a soaring GOLDEN EAGLE, a
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK nest in a sycamore south of the trailhead parking lot,
courting RED-TAILED HAWKS, a WHITE-TAILED KITE on the hunt (they've nested
in the park in past years), a single LARK SPARROW joining the WESTERN
BLUEBIRDS at the corral, displaying WILD TURKEY, and numerous returning
neotropical migrants.

The most noteworthy migrant, a calling HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, was in the
canopy behind the green barn before club members arrived. By the time the
group went in search, the canopy action was limited to Starlings. Other
noteworthy returnees included multiple CASSIN'S and WARBLING VIREOS,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, a male WESTERN TANAGER, and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER. At the foot bridge, we watched a first-year male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
steal nesting material from a woven basket nest. We also found a bright
adult male in the area a few minutes later.



DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
Wood Duck
Mallard
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
White-tailed Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel
TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
NEW WORLD QUAIL
California Quail
SWIFTS
White-throated Swift
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Hammond's Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
WRENS
House Wren
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird
American Robin
LONG-TAILED TITS
Bushtit
CHICKADEES AND TITS
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
CROWS AND JAYS
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
STARLINGS
European Starling
VIREOS AND ALLIES
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
WOOD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Western Tanager
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
House Finch


Bruce Mast
Oakland, CA