[EBB Sightings] Bald Eagles & Lewis's Woodpeckers - E. Ala. Co.

Hi birders,

I spent several hours  birding in eastern Alameda Co. today.  I started out 
looking for raptors in  rural Livermore, north of I-580 and east of N. 
Livermore Ave.  In the  fields around Raymond, Dagnino, and May School roads, I 
had three GOLDEN-EAGLES,  a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, WHITE-TAILED KITE, and several 
each of the expected  RED-TAILS and AM. KESTRELS.  The most surprising 
sighting was two adult  BALD EAGLES soaring over the landfill due west of the 
Brushy Peak RP staging  area.  Interestingly, this spot is in an almost direct 
line between and  equidistant from Lake Del Valle (where BAEAs are 
resident/breed) and Los  Vaqueros Reservoir (where they winter).

I hiked the West Side Loop  Trail at Brushy Peak, and added SHARP-SHINNED 
HAWK to the raptor list, but I did  not have any luck finding a hoped-for 
Prairie Falcon.  There was a flock of  about 25 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS flying 
around the peak.  About a mile from the  staging area, at the junction of the 
West Side and Brushy Peak Loop Trails, I  saw two LEWIS?S WOODPECKERS and a 
ROCK WREN.

Good birding,
Kathy  Robertson
Hayward, CA