[EBB Sightings] Results of Oakland CBC on December 20

Hi, all.
   I can't remember if anyone reported a Pileated Woodpecker on Sunday. If not, we spotted a probable PI WO nest hole on Pine Top on the Mills College campus. It was a large rectangle in a tree (evergreen? I'm not sure) with other woodpecker holes directly behind (toward I-690) the fireplace and facing the fireplace. While we watched, a chestnut-backed chickadee flew in and perched for a while in the opening. We saw and heard nothing of a PI WO (though the freeway noise was loud enough to obscure any distant calls that might have been out there) on Sunday and I don't know if this would be worth staking out, but if we still need one for count week.
   And I have an explanation (? ;-) ) for the lack of golden eagle reports. Friday's East Ala Co count had, I believe, 17; maybe they all flew south for the weekend.
Happy, blessed Christmas, Kwanzaa, and such.
Alan Howe
North Oakland

--- On Mon, 12/21/09, Dave Quady  wrote:

> From: Dave Quady 
> Subject: [EBB Sightings] Results of Oakland CBC on December 20
> To: "East Bay Birds" 
> Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 11:57 AM
> East Bay Birders:
> 
> Yesterday, about 200 participants in the Oakland Christmas
> Bird Count enjoyed far better weather than last year, and
> found 173 species (preliminary count), slightly fewer than
> our recent average.? Afterward, roughly 100 diners
> capped the day with the liveliest, most high-spirited
> compilation dinner that I can recall.? Truly, a good
> time was had by all.? Co-compiler Bob Lewis and I thank
> everyone who contributed to yesterday's fun.
> 
> We missed a few regularly occurring birds on Count
> Day.? If you encounter, or encountered, any of these
> species within the Oakland count circle during count week
> (Thurs Dec 17 through Wed Dec 23), please send me details:
> date, location, etc.:
> 
> Sora
> Bonaparte's Gull
> Pacific Loon
> Bald Eagle
> Golden Eagle
> 
> Two Lake Merritt-area specialties known to be present
> recently also went unreported last evening: the male Tufted
> Duck, and the presumed adult male Barrow's Goldeneye x
> Hooded Merganser hybrid (the "beautiful duck").? If you
> see or saw either of these birds during count week
> (especially on Count Day!), please let me know, and add
> identification details.? Thanks in advance.
> 
> The count's "Best Bird" prize was won by an empidonax
> flycatcher found in Knowland Park, above the Oakland
> Zoo.? To reach its location, exit I-580 onto 106th
> Avenue; follow it and Malcolm Avenue east to Cameron
> Avenue.? Turn left, park at the end of Cameron Avenue,
> and enter the park.? Walk ahead and slightly right to
> the center grassy area past the middle fire road, where the
> bird was found.? If you re-find it, please send me your
> identification notes.? Thanks in advance.
> 
> The Palm Warbler present for several days near the D'Anna
> Yacht Center just south of Jack London Square continued on
> Count Day.
> 
> Our sponsor, Golden Gate Audubon Society, will provide a
> complete report of the count in the March issue of The Gull,
> and online at the GGAS web site.
> 
> Meanwhile, mark your calendar and plan to participate in
> the 70th Oakland Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December
> 19, 2010.
> 
> Dave Quady
> Berkeley, California
> davequady at att.net
> 
> 
> 
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