[EBB Sightings] Black-throated Gray Warblers and Prairie Falcon- Coyote Hills

Around noon time at Coyote Hills Regional, Dave Quady found Stephanie Floyd's continuing Prairie 
Falcon on the 2nd tower north of Patterson Ranch Road.  I happened to be lucky enough to be there to see this lovely bird. 

 An American Kestral, a RT Hawk, and a White-tailed Kite were also working the fields surrounding the entrance kiosk.

I went down to the Visitor's Center hoping to bird the Butterfly Garden, forgetting that it was closed until Wed.  I did see several Monarch larvae in the garden at the front of the  Visitor's Center (not ABA countable).  Within minutes, 2 Black-throated Gray Warblers flew into the oaks with a Townsend's Warbler.  They fed in the oaks for about 10 minutes, loosely associating with several Chestnut-backed Chickadees and a flock of Bushtits.

The Virginia Warbler was present at Winton Avenue at about 11:20, in the fennel behind the trees lining the last parking lot.  Multiple Yellow and Orange-crowned Warblers were also present in the fennel, along with the tail-less Clay-colored Sparrow and the crowned sparrow crowd.

Five warblers-lovely fall birding.

Pat Bacchetti
Oakland