[EBB Sightings] Burrowing Owls in Dublin & WT Kites in Alamo

GGAS Iron Horse Trail Bicycle Trip, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties,
Saturday May 20, 2006
>From Dublin/Pleasanton BART to Pleasant Hill BART, including Dublin
Blvd to Hacienda in Dublin, Hap Magee Park in Alamo and Heather Farms
Park in Walnut Creek.

Conservation Concern: 
Burrowing Owls will soon have no home in Dublin. One bird seen on
Arnold between Dublin Blvd. and Central, opposite Camp Parks. Also a
pair seen on south side of Dublin Blvd. just west of Hacienda, very
close to chain-link fence; this property is already being developed. It
made me so sad to see these brave little birds standing by their
burrow. 
Also seen from BART between Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton:
Development of steep hillsides adjacent to I-580.

Birds seen:
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Dove (I)
Mourning Dove
Burrowing Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Black Phoebe
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling (I)
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow (I)


kathy jarrett
kathy_jarrett at yahoo.com

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