[EBB Sightings] FOS Western Kingbird, Hooded Oriole in Livermore + bird troubles

Yesterday morning I saw my FOS Western Kingbird while driving along
Greenville Rd in Livermore.  A bit later, I heard my first Hooded Oriole
of the year in the same area.  It must have followed me home as there was
a second-year male Hooded at our hummingbird feeder shortly after I got
back.  I also heard a Hooded calling for some time today, but did not see
it.

Bird troubles:

1) Earlier in the year, our California Towhee decided to start attacking
his reflection in my truck mirrors, the first time this has happened to
me.  I foiled him by covering the mirrors with the pink plastic newspaper
bags.

2) While I was gone last weekend, a Mourning Dove built her nest and laid
2 eggs, crushing my pot of Oxalis polyphylla.  While she wasn't looking, I
transferred the nest to a decoy pot and she never knew the difference.
Last year we had 3 nesting attempts on young plants in the greenhouse,
which forced us to put up chicken wire to keep them out.  Just a few hours
and she'd be well on her way to a new nest.  One (the same?)
unsuccessfully tried on a horizontal cactus pad and in a hanging pot. 
Based on what I've seen, I'm surprised any succeed!

3) Meanwhile, a Scrub Jay was constructing in our orange tree next to the
bedroom no more than 10 feet from the dove.  I figured the dove's eggs or
nestlings were toast, but I think the jay may have given up.  It was very
perturbed any time I walked into the room.  So maybe the dove will finally
get some reproductive success after all.

Finally, the march of the painted ladies continues.  When I actually
stopped to watch, I would get 5-10 per minute, sometimes more than 20, so
they are coming by in the hundreds per hour.  I would note that some seem
to be rather small and jerky, but all I could see were PLs. A few would
visit our yard (mostly in the manzanita and cherry flowers), but most
cruised on by.  It's a delightful sight.

-- 
Jaan Lepson
Livermore, ALA