[EBB Sightings] Del Valle Migrants (ALA)

Hello East Bay Birders,

I spent a few  hours this afternoon birding at Lake Del Valle in Livermore.  
Nothing  particularly noteworthy, but there was a nice selection of passerine  
migrants.  At the Eagles View picnic area, I had:  Yellow (3),  Yellow-rumped 
(6+), Wilson's (2), and Townsend's (2) Warblers (and Common  
Yellowthroat--resident).  That location also yielded W. Wood Pewee (3),  Pacific-slope 
Flycatcher, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet (my FOS).  The "usual  suspects" included 
White-breasted Nuthatch, Nuttall's, Downy, and Acorn  Woodpeckers, and Yellow-billed 
Magpie (many --a great place to see this species  in Ala. Co.).  The only 
shorebirds that I saw on the mudflats were Killdeer  (many), Spotted Sandpiper 
(2), and Greater Yellowlegs (2).

I had a total  of 46 sp., without trying too hard. The low-flying rescue 
helicopter with the  loudspeaker, trying to locate a lost camper, may have had an 
effect on my bird  numbers later on in the afternoon.

On the way home, I made a brief stop  at Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton, where I 
saw three American White Pelicans on the  main lake.

Good birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA  




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