[EBB Sightings] SNOW GOOSE in Pleasanton & Livermore birding...

Hi birders,

Late yesterday afternoon  (Sun, 11/25/07) at Shadow Cliffs in Pleasanton, 
there was a single SNOW GOOSE  feeding among a flock of Canada Geese on the main 
lawn.

Earlier in the  day, I birded along the creek at the northern end of the 
Springtown district in  northeast Livermore.  Birds of note were three Wilson's 
Snipe, Cinnamon,  Green-winged, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL, Say's Phoebe, Loggerhead 
Shrike, and two  Golden Eagles.  In a very leisurely 3+ hours, I had 46 species 
in a very  small area.

To get there:  Exit I-580 at the Springtown/N. Livermore  exit. Go north on 
Springtown Blvd, then immediately right on Bluebell. Follow  Bluebell until you 
reach the Marlon Pound Neighborhood Park on the left.   The creek runs along 
the south side of the park.  I walked west from there,  then crossed over 
Springtown Blvd. and continued on the paved trail on the south  side of the creek 
to its end (this is the area where Art Edwards found the  wintering Swamp 
Sparrow several years ago).

Good birding,
Kathy  Robertson
Hayward, CA  




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