[EBB Sightings] baseball game birds

That's interesting that Jennifer mentions a "Storm-Petrel sighting."  I went 
to a playoff game between the Giants and Cubs back in 1989, and indeed, I 
watched a storm petrel fly around the light standards for several innings. 
The best ID I could make was Ashy, but I didn't have binoculars.  It was 
quite a surprise.

At a game at the Oakland Coliseum long ago I saw a Golden eagle soar 
overhead.  I was so surprised that I jumped up and exclaimed, and insisted 
that the semi-inebriated fellows behind me saw the bird.  They just looked 
at me as though I were completely insane.  Oh, well.

My last "ball game" bird story was actually a story of a bird seen on TV. 
During a preseason Chicago Bears' game about fifteen years ago there was a 
driving rainstorm, so the field was quite wet at Soldier Field.  The camera 
crew focused repeatedly on a bird pecking its way along the sidelines.  It 
was a Sora!  John Madden seemed fascinated by the bird, so I sat down and 
wrote him a letter, including a photocopy of a field guide page describing 
the Sora.  I got a nice note in return, including an autographed photo of 
Madden.