[EBB Sightings] Cassin's Kingbird Livermore Valley

Taking a slight detour on the way to work, Barbara and I went to
Livermore and saw the two Cassin's Kingbirds at 7:45 this morning in
the same location.  They were on the power lines 0.4 miles along the
dirt road across from sign "8012"; they flew well up the hillside on
the east side of the road several times.  This is about 75 yards
before the pond.  At least one of them was calling quite a bit.

Having time for one more stop, thanks to suggestions from Bob Power
and Art Edwards, we saw a nice pair of Wood Ducks at Veterans Park
which is across from the Wente Winery on Arroyo Road, south of Wetmore
Road .  The ducks were in the part of the stream directly behind the
parking lot ($3.00 fee).

Good birding,

Bob Brandriff
Berkeley, CA

On Feb 18, 2008 3:20 PM, Steve Huckabone  wrote:
> Not only one Cassin's Kingbird but two this afternoon at approx 2:30PM. I
> followed Art Edward's excellent directions and found Kathy Robertson and two
> birders from Dublin. The bird hadn't been seen by the Dublin birders but
> 5-10 minutes later a single bird floated in from the east and landed on the
> low set of power lines. A few moments later another did the same. The first
> bird called a few times and the two began what I believe is courtship
> behavior. After only 3-5 minutes they began courting, floating high into the
> air and drifting to the south out of sight. Later one bird was seen hawking
> insects from the power lines to the south east of the pond.
> Thanks Art.
> Steve Huckabone