[EBB Sightings] Vasco caves trip

Karen DeMello and I took the Vasco caves tour on
Saturday (fantastic! I see why it is a sacred place).
It was foggy/overcast, and at the Brushy Peak lot
there was chilly wind. 
FYI, the naturalists told me that there were
specialized trips being planned, including a birding
trip.

Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's/Sharpshinned Hawk 
American Robin
Rock Wren
Loggerhead Shrike (I'm pretty sure but we didn't see
them, lots of buzz calls at Vasco and Brushy Peak)
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Swift
American Kestrel
Common Raven
California Quail
Gull sp. (large flock over the dump)
Rock Pigeon (at the rock formations at Vasco)
White-tailed Kite
Turkey Vulture
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird (Brushy Peak lot)

a Coyote

There were mud swallow nests in the holes of the rock
formations, and along the edge of a rock concretion.
Also, there was evidence that some small brown bird
had been eaten, as there were numerous body and other
feathers in and around the fairy shrimp pools.

At Brushy Peak lot under the Eucalyptus, were owl
pellets.

Debbi Brusco
Hayward