Same species, different name
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:29:16 -0700
From: Terry Coddington
Dear EBBers,
With my first entree into this circle, I'd like to acknowledge a number of useful tips I've received just in the past two weeks. For Tom Condit, I wanted to send the name of the park at Hilltop - it's "Hilltop Lake Park" on my Thomas Brothers map.
No real bird news, except we (at Campus Drive and Avenida in Berkeley) are enjoying the company of an Oak Titmouse for the first time in 10 to 15 years. He's at the feeder with a number of Chestnut-backed Chickadees, and the last time one was here it was a Plain Titmouse (same species, new name).
Thanks to all,
Terry Coddington
Wild Turkeys
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:34:58 -0700
From: Johan Langewis
I was awakened this morning by a flock of Wild Turkeys, a new species for my yard list. They seem to have moved on by about 9 AM. It is very foggy up here this morning, so I didn't get to see much. I am located on Aitken Dr in Oakland, about two blocks below Skyline Dr (near Skyline Gate). My guess would be to search Redwood Park near Skyline Gate. I mentioned this to my seven year old daughter and she said "of course, it's almost November!"
Happy birding,
Johan Langewis
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Point Reyes
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:50:06 -0700
From: Judi Cooper
Yesterday I attended a Point Reyes blitz with Leon Abrams and Golden Gate Audubon Society [Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County]. I saw a total of 105 birds and had a fabulous day.
Special sightings: a Mandarin Duck - male was at Five Brooks Pond with the Wood Ducks. He is spectacular and the first I have ever seen outside of captivity - is he countable - that's the question? In any event, he is a real treat. Five Brooks was alive! More Townsend's Warblers at one time than any of us had ever seen.
The Lapland Longspur in the dirt fields (as reported on the RBA) was a life bird for me and I saw at least 3. A Chestnut-collared Longspur was also seen but unfortunately not by me.
All three scoters and the Red-necked Grebe were great sightings for the day also.
All in all it was a wonderful and full day of birding!!
Judi Cooper
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:33:42 PDT
From: Bob Richmond
Today at the Hayward Regional Shoreline:
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 1, seen with a flock of Bushtits at W Winton Ave entrance
Northern Pygmy-Owl - 1, the first I have seen here, also at Winton, in the second Monterey pine from the entrance. This tree is only slightly taller than the Myraporum (sp ?) around it. The owl was seen from the side opposite the road. The owl was not seen several hours later.
Ferruginous Hawk - 1, flew past "Mt Trashmore". Formerly wintered here, now only seen in migration.
Prairie Falcon - 1, seen perched on one of the radio towers in the Longspur Field (north of Winton).
Also Peter and Sheila had 12 Surfbirds at Hayward Landing.
Good Birding
Bob
Construction at Hayward Shoreline
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:48:51 -0700
From: Judi Cooper
I would like to mention that a group of us went birding on the 18th to Hayward shoreline and were very surprised to find out that the area at the Interpretive Center is closed. Heavy equipment is working there and I don't know how long it will be closed. None of us had heard anything about the closure - so - don't go there to bird.
We did access at W Winton Ave with moderate success - tide was out and we identified one Surfbird at a distance.
The lady at the Interpretive Center sent us to Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge with high recommendations as a substitute. However, there was nothing there as far as waterbirds. We did have one Yellow Warbler in the Eucalyptus trees.
We traveled back to W Winton Ave, but tide was in and shorebirds were scarce. We had one Lark Sparrow in a bush near the water.
Judi Cooper
Editor's Note: See Peter Dramer's message of September 14.
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Website changes
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:20:09 -0700
From: Larry Tunstall
Over this week I will be moving some of the EBB website pages to new URLs. Parts of the website are still at the old best.com location, but their corporate owner Verio is now altering the addresses of those pages. Since changes were necessary anyhow, I will try to find the time to get those pages moved to the new folkbird.net location (where they will be unaffected by future host changes).
You may find that old bookmarks no longer work, and you will need to update them. Otherwise, everything should remain just about the same except for behind-the-scenes changes in page addresses.
Because this is a fairly complicated change in a lot of pages, I may miss updating some links. If you find a link that no longer works, let me know.
If this ends up taking too much time, the November calendar entries may be less than complete, at least for the first week or two of the month. I'll do my best to get all the birding events listed, however.
Good birding, Larry
Re: Construction at Hayward Shoreline
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:54:59 -0700
From: Val Blakely
Judi Cooper wrote:
I would like to mention that a group of us went birding on the 18th to Hayward shoreline and were very surprised to find out that the area at the Interpretive Center is closed. Heavy equipment is working there and I don't know how long it will be closed. None of us had heard anything about the closure - so - don't go there to bird.
Apparently Cargill is dredging the ponds out by the Hayward Shoreline Interpretative Center. Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District (HARD) is trying to figure out what to do because those levees can not be used now for awhile by people. Plus there is a marsh near the center that is a restored marsh and is closed to protect the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse.
Val Blakely
Fremont, CA
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Re: Construction at Hayward Shoreline
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:45:19 -0700
From: Sheila Junge
Closure of trail access at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is due to a restoration project being done by HARD (Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District). HARD owns and operates the Interpretive Center and parts of the marsh and trail in the immediate vicinity. Cargill is not involved.
The primary objective of the project is to restore what is often referred to as the Oliver Brothers property (now owned by HARD). This is the area west of the Interpretive Center (starting about even with the end of Breakwater Ave) and south of the trail. It was formerly used in salt production and is now Snowy Plover nesting habitat.
The project includes improvement of water circulation in the HARD Marsh and around the Interpretive Center itself. Thus channels are being dredged and the "three pipes," where the channel connects with the bay, will be replaced with a bridge. As a result of the increased tidal flow it will also be necessary to raise the levee/trail from the Interpretive Center to the bay shore.
The presence of heavy construction equipment and the construction activity on and along the trail precludes public access. It is anticipated that the trail will reopen in March 2002. The W Winton Ave access to Hayward Regional Shoreline (East Bay Regional Park District) is not affected. From the West Winton trailhead you can go west to the bay (about 0.5 mile) and then north or south along the bay or south to Cogswell Marsh.
Good Birding!
Sheila Junge
Hayward, CA
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