[EBB Sightings] Bald Eagle & Other Birds: Upper San Leandro Reservoir

Nice to enjoy the birds in the rain with 15 brave Merritt College students today at the EBMUD's Upper San Leandro Reservoir near Orinda/Moraga.

Notable highlights from 9 am - 3:30 pm included:

- BALD EAGLE (1) (at reservoir) (initially spotted by Brent Plater)
- COOPER's HAWK (3) (south of parking area on trail to ridge and on trail to reservoir)
- SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (3) (same areas) (Kudos to Harvey Wilson for spotting the first one of the day.....)
- HOODED MERGANSER (male and female on reservoir) (iniitally spotted by Brent Plater)

"Second Tier"/Other species worth mentioning:

- COMMON MERGANSER (1) (on reservoir)
- VARIED THRUSH (8)
- WESTERN BLUEBIRD (9)
- RED-TAILED HAWK (11)
- AMERICAN KESTREL (7)
- BARN OWL feathers found by Alejandro Diaz in abandoned barn next to private/non-public trails that we accessed with an EBMUD fisheries biologist as our guide.

Daniel Edelstein

Ellison Bay, WI

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