[EBB Sightings] Vicarious Big Year birding; Guillemot Nope

Hi all:

I got out early today. And home early. One target:
Pigeon Guillemot. Social obligations eliminate high
tide birding for the next 5 days, so this was my one
shot. 

For those who are interested in big year birding,
w/out having to experience the highs and lows
personally, here's how this weekend went:
Friday: San Leandro Marina -- Scanned the airport bay
where the Guillemot was reported from Saturday.
Saturday: Went to Berkeley for Guillemot hunting....
Guillemot spotted in San Leandro by Bob Richmond.
Sunday: Went to San Leandro via Oyster Pt. shoreline
just north of San Leandro Marina.  On the way out to a
270 degree bay view, I saw Kites up ahead and was
hopeful to find a nest. Instead, I was delighted to
see two juveniles. My first juvenile raptors born this
spring.  
No Guillemot.

So that's the bonus of big year birding; you go to a
park that you haven't been to in years, in search of
something you don't find, and instead you're delighted
by something you do find that's completely
unexpected.* Nice.

A couple of photos of the Kites can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14935921 at N00/

Good birding,

Bob Power
Oakland, CA

*"It's got to be the going, not the gettin' there
that's good...."
Harry Chapin, Greyhound, 1972