[EBB Sightings] Little blue heron continues on Alameda Creek thismorning

And this afternoon. The Little Blue Heron was successfully foraging between 
the Old Canyon and Mission Blvd bridges around 1pm. The creek seems to be 
flowing a little more heavily than in recent weeks.

Dave Weber,
Milpitas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Floyd" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Little blue heron continues on Alameda Creek 
thismorning


> This morning, the little blue heron continued on Alameda Creek in the 
> quarter-mile stretch between the Old Canyon and Mission bridges as 
> described by Charlotte Allen yesterday.  This area is about a five-minute 
> walk from the Niles Staging Area.  Out of about ten visits, including a 
> two-mile walk out of Isherwood last night, this was only the second time 
> I've actually found the bird. The bird was much less flighty in this 
> section where the creek is wide, and it was feeding well as it walked 
> upstream in the current. The water level is much higher now farther west 
> on the creek in the area of Niles Community Park, and the little rocky 
> waterfalls the bird favored a few weeks ago are now underwater.  I watched 
> the bird this morning for about twenty minutes, and it was still there 
> with other birders admiring it when I left at 11:30.  I snapped a few 
> photos (link below) despite being rather far away for handheld zooming.
> http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=bjlna54.230a7e5w&x=0&h=1&y=o03dow&localeid=en_US
> Stephanie Floyd
> Fremont
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