[EBB Sightings] The past week in Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek

Though the Walnut Festival meant a lot of traffic, noise and distraction in 
the park, Yellow Warblers, Wilson's Warblers and at least one Pacific-slope 
Flycatcher were seen by me or Fred Safier during the last week.  I even had 
a couple of female Northern Shovelers Tuesday morning.  Friday morning I 
even saw a river otter in the large natural pond.

I have been watching the Killdeer in the mornings on the north ball fields. 
I have counts of 15, 16 and 18, but Saturday I had 25.  Yesterday I heard, 
then saw, the escaped Cockatiel my wife, Rosita, and I had had described to 
us earlier in the week.  Fred Safier and Rosita also saw at least one 
White-crowned Sparrow.  I made up for that by seeing an adult in our patio 
yesterday morning after church.

Hugh B. Harvey