[EBB Sightings] Oakland Zoo Birding - 20 May 2006

Greetings EBB'ers,
 
Today I conducted one of the Zoo Membership birdwalks.  The results  are 
below:
 
Below is my list of Birds we found in the Oakland Zoo today.  It  includes 
species noted on the day before (19 May '06) as well as the Wild  Turkeys today 
(near the Gate Kiosk on the way in).
These are listed  phylogenetically (most ancestral to recent).

LOCATION:  Oakland  Zoo including periphery as observed from roads and 
pathways, 
ALA  Co., Calif.
DATE: 20 May 2006
OBSERVER: Phil E. Gordon w/ Gail Ellis,  School Programs Mgr., & Zoo Members 
&  
Guests
TIME:  7:50 AM - 12 Noon

1.   Turkey Vulture - 3+
2.  Mallard - + Hen w/ 7 yng. (Giraffe moat)
3.  Red-tailed Hawk - Attacked (briefly, no contact) by AmKe  (male)
4.   American Kestrel - male; see RTHa (3.) above  
5.   Wild Turkey - 10+/- ca. 7:45 AM (PEG; lawn near 98th  Ave. entrance)
6.   Rock Pigeon - Dozens of residents
7.  Band-tailed Pigeon - 7? in flyby flock (invasion year)
8.  Anna's Hummingbird - 3+ males (incl. 1 sub-adult) (one made long  chase 
of  
Common  Raven fling high to East)
9.   Nuttall's Woodpecker - male
10.  Western Wood-Pewee - (PEG - Heard 19 May '06)
11. Pacific-slope Flycatcher -  (PEG - Heard 19 May '06)
12. Black Phoebe - 7+ (Incl. 3 fledgelings by "back"  barn + possible NEST)
13. Western Scrub-Jay - 2
14. Steller's Jay -  4+
15. Common Raven - 1 (Note: 7 perched in tree near Main Entrance [by Sika  
Deer]  
19  May '06; PEG) 
16. Violet-green Swallow - 3+
17. Barn Swallow - 5+/-  (Incl. NEST in back "Barn")
18. Bushtit - 6+
19. Bewick's Wren - H (Heard  only)
20. American Robin - 8+/- (Incl. Fledgling)
21. Wrentit - 2 H
22.  Northern Mockingbird - 4+
23. European Starling - 10+
24. Cedar Waxwing -  (PEG - 20+/-; incl. bathing/drinking at lawn wet spot 
[Children's  
Playland],  19 May '06) 
25. Yellow-rumped ("Audubon's) Warbler - female (trapped in Bat  enclosure - 
to be  
given  freedom for migration)
26. Wilson's Warbler - H (PEG - 19 May '06)
27.  Spotted Towhee - 6+ (incl. 2 males in territorial challenge)
28. California  Towhee - 8+/-
29. Song Sparrow - 3+
30. White-crowned Sparrow - 2 (Trapped  in cage - to be freed for migration)
31. Dark-eyed ("Oregon") Junco - 6+  (Incl. female CF [carrying food])
32. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5+ (Incl. pairs  & calls in flight; many more in 
last 2 yrs.)
33. Hooded Oriole -  male
34. Purple Finch - male
35. House Finch - 6+
37. Lesser Goldfinch  - 4+ (Incl. female feeding on thistle seeds)
38. American Goldfinch -  male
39. House Sparrow - 3+ (In/Near animal cages)

Respectfully  submitted and Happy Birding,
Phil E. Gordon
Hayward, ALA Co. 


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