[EBB Sightings] Western Tanager in Fremont

Hi birders,

I found a male Western  Tanager at the Vallejo Adobe Nursery in Niles 
today.  He was starting to  show a bit of orange coloration on his head.  I 
assume this an  over-wintering bird -- sure wish we could have found it on our 
CBC last  month!

Although the nursery appears to have gone out of business, the  gates are 
still open (daily?) because the grounds are a historic park open to  the 
public.  Just inside the gate, park in front of the closed nursery  building.  
Walk west a very short distance and turn left (south) at the  first road.  At 
the end of that road is a chain-link gate.  I saw the  bird in the huge 
live oak (and other nearby trees) just behind the  gate/fence.

Other birds of interest included Townsend's Warbler, Purple  Finch, 
White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatch.  I saw a Hutton's Vireo in  the same 
binocular view at a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a great chance to compare  these 
look-alike birds.  The place was swarming with Am. Robins and Cedar  Waxwings 
taking advantage of all the fruiting trees.  Last weekend I saw an  
Orange-crowned Warbler, but I couldn't find it today.

Good  birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA