[EBB Sightings] Brown Thrasher at Coyote Hills

EBB'ers,

Sorry for the late posting, but I just found out that one of the 
sections of the Vertebrate Natural History class at U.C. Berkeley 
found a BROWN THRASHER at Coyote Hills Regional Park at about 8:30 AM 
on Friday, 13 February.  The initial sighting was made by one of the 
PostDocs leading the trip, Dr. Lauryn Benedict.  She has extensive 
experience with North American mimids.

The bird was just up the hill from the first big parking lot inside 
the gate, the so-called Quarry Staging Area.  It perched on a short 
conifer for a minute or so -- long enough for Lauryn to get a scope 
on it, and show each of the ten students the bird.

Lauryn also took another section of the class to Coyote Hills on 
Saturday.  She looked for the thrasher on Saturday, but did not find 
it.

Regards,
-- 
Stephen M. Long
Assistant to the Director
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA     94720-3160
Telephone: 1-510-642-8299
Telefax: 1-510-643-8238