[EBB Sightings] Birding by bike -- unintentionally

Add 2 singing Lazuli Buntings to the Inspiration Point area for today - about 100m north along Nimitz Way from the parking lot.

Jay





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From: Douglas Vaughan 
To: East Bay Birds 
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:44:29 PM
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Birding by bike -- unintentionally

My wife and I spent about an hour cycling along Wildcat Canyon Rd this afternoon, mostly in Tilden Regn Pk. Birds were very much incidental, at least at first, but the number of species we heard -- despite traffic and the unpromising hour -- surprised me. Only a couple of individuals were actually seen, none well enough to identify by sight!

    Red-shouldered Hawk
    Olive-sided Flycatcher -- 2 or 3, FOS for me
    W. Wood-Pewee -- seems early, just e. of Inspiration Pt
    Pacific-slope Flycatcher
    Ash-throated Flycatcher
    Hutton's Vireo
    Warbling Vireo (?)
    Steller's Jay
    Com. Raven
    Chestnut-backed Chickadee
    Red-breasted Nuthatch
    Am. Robin
    Wrentit
    Orange-crowned Warbler
    Wilson's Warbler
    Spotted Towhee
    Calif. Towhee
    Song Sparrow
    Dark-eyed Junco
    Black-headed Grosbeak

And there was another one or two (Bewick's Wren? Oak Titmouse?) that I couldn't identify. Especially downhill, the wind is in your ears and you only get one chance!

Doug Vaughan
Berkeley


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