[EBB Sightings] American bittern continues off Nobel Drive, Fremont

Friday 4pm  The bittern was in the front pond against the reeds on the  
back wall of the front pond.  A good 15 or so cinnamon teal.  And a  
few gadwalls am widgeon.  The moorhen made a breif appearance too.

Great little spot!  Wish I had known about it earlier!

Cal Walters
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On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:45 PM, KatBirdCA at aol.com wrote:

> Hi birders,
> I birded the Pacific Commons  Linear Park on Monday, 2/15/10.  It  
> turns out
> that there are two (!)  AMERICAN BITTERNS at the location reported  
> earlier
> (see Stephanie?s post  below).  They were both feeding along the edg 
> e of the
> open water in the SE  corner of the easternmost pond (where there is a
> narrow, rocky shoreline covered  with chain link).  There was also a  
> male
> BLUE-WINGED TEAL in that  location.
> The FERRUGINOUS HAWK continued in the fields south of the  marsh.  I
> watched it feeding, surrounded by about a dozen Common Ravens   
> waiting for
> leftovers.  Then a Red-tailed Hawk flew in and claimed the prey   
> item, and the
> Ferruginous ended up waiting in line with the Ravens.
> Good  birding,
> Kathy Robertson
> Hayward, CA
> In a message dated  2/9/2010 1:36:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> scfloyd2000 at yahoo.com writes:
> I  stopped by the fenced-in marsh/ponds behind the Synnex building off
> Nobel Drive  in Fremont in hopes of seeing the AMERICAN BITTERN  
> reported by
> Calvin Lou on  January 31.  I was the only person on the path, and  
> as I
> approached the  marsh, the bittern flushed from the corner nearest  
> the brown pillar
> that says  "wander wonder" on it.  I had an excellent view of the  
> bird's
> brown back,  dark flight feathers, and yellow feet as it flew to the  
> long brown
> grass in the  middle of the marsh, landed, and put itself into its  
> most
> upright posture with  bill skyward.
> This is a very birdy (and rather smelly) area near the dump  at the  
> end of
> Auto Mall Parkway. In addition to the bittern I saw a COMMON   
> MOORHEN in the
> marsh and two beautiful CINNAMON TEAL flying from one pond to the   
> next. A
> scope would be helpful not only for peering into the marsh but for   
> viewing
> the thousands of gulls and other birds in the wide green fields to  
> the  west
> and south, where I did not see the ferruginous hawk during my very  
> short
> visit today.
> Directions: Take the Auto Mall Parkway off I-880 and go  west. Turn  
> left on
> Nobel Drive, then right at the driveway for Synnex. Continue  west  
> to the
> back of the parking lot where you'll find an opening in the chain   
> link fence
> leading to the pathways and viewing platforms. Alternatively, stay  
> on  Auto
> Mall Parkway until you reach the end of the buildings in the  
> industrial
> park, then turn left into the parking lot behind the buildings, and  
> follow the
> chain link fence south to the opening.
> Stephanie Floyd
> Fremont
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