[EBB Sightings] MDAS Field Trip--Walnut Creek City Parks

20 members met in Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek for a visit to four city 
park,  After walking around the large natural pond in Heather Farm, we drove 
to Howe-Homestead Park and its community garden.  We then walked a portion 
of the Sugarloaf-Shell Ridge Trail before taking a walk around the lower 
portions of the Sugarloaf Open Space, which is located in the south of the 
city off Rudgear Road.

Altogether we had 50 species of birds.  Only a few were able to spot part of 
the hiding Moorhen in Heather Farm, the Green Heron was not so bashful. 
Western Bluebirds in Howe-Homestead were very brilliant, a Bewick's Wren was 
found along the trail, and a Say's Phoebe, American Kestrel and copulating 
Red-tailed Hawks were seen at the Open Space.

Hugh B. Harvey