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

	

No sighting to report, but the comment about the creek seeming to flow
more heavily reminded me that last weeks I was suprised to see that our
arroyo in Livermore was turned on. So perhaps there others as well that
are receiving flow.

Jaan Lepson
Livermore


On Fri, August 7, 2009 4:19 pm, D Weber wrote:
> 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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Jaan Lepson

University of California
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