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Longspurs at Hayward Regional Shoreline
Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:05:37 -0800
From: Dave Quady

East Bay birders:

Between 10 AM and noon today Bob Lewis and I enjoyed excellent looks at two Lapland Longspurs and two Chestnut-collared Longspurs atop "Mt Trashmore" at Hayward Regional Shoreline.

We reached the birds by parking in the lot at the end of W Winton Ave in Hayward and walking west 100 yards or so on the paved trail to just past the intersection with the south-bound paved trail, then walking south west up onto Mt Trashmore. From this northwest corner of the landfill we walked a couple of hundred yards south along the road/trail on the landfill's eastern lip, to just beyond an open half-culvert drain that runs east-west. The Lapland Longspurs were a hundred yards or so west of that point, in the shorter grass. They appeared to be a male and a female. Later we found the Chestnut-collared Longspurs working the edge of this eastern lip trail, including the stretch around the half-culvert drain, They appeared to be females/immatures. On the landfill there were dozens of American Pipits and smaller numbers of Western Meadowlarks, Horned Larks, and Savannah Sparrows, but the two pairs of longspurs were not associating with these other birds.

For the gadget-laden, GPS coordinates of the birds were:

Thanks to all who posted earlier reports of these birds.

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California

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Yellow-rumped Warblers in Berkeley
Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:37:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Ted Ekman

A flock of 8 to 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers were enjoying a feeding frenzy in front of my house in the west Elmwood district of Berkeley. Thousands of winged ants were hatching and the warblers and an immature Black Phoebe were really gobbling them up!

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Birding checklist for Sausal Creek, Oakland
Mon, 03 Nov 2003 18:29:19 -0800
From: Larry Tunstall

Karen Paulsell asked me to forward this message to the list:

Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:00:29 -0800
From: Karen Paulsell
Subject: Sausal Creek birding checklist

I thought some of the folks on East Bay Birders Circle might like to know about this...

Hot off the copy machine, and just posted on the Sausal Creek website, a checklist developed from our 5 years of monitoring the birds at different locations in our watershed.

We'll be distributing hard copy at trailheads and the Joaquin Miller Park ranger station, but birders can print their own, too:

http://www.sausalcreek.org/sausal/nature_pdf/Birding_Brochure.pdf

As the brochure explains, we'd be delighted to get feedback on bird sightings and any other suggestions.

Thanks!

Posted to EBB by Larry Tunstall

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Hooded Mergansers at Hidden Lakes Park, Martinez
Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:51:56 -0800
From: Judi Sierra

A pair of Hooded Mergansers were seen today at Hidden Lakes Park in Martinez. They were in the pond southwest of the now-inaccessible bridge/boardwalk (does anyone know why?).

We also saw Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers, 6 to 10 hummingbirds all vying for the blooms in one eucalyptus tree near the parking lot, a Belted Kingfisher, American Kestrel, White-breasted Nuthatch, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Acorn Woodpecker, a flock of (migrating?) American Robins, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Black Phoebe, Spotted Towhee, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, and several other usuals.

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Oakland and San Francisco Christmas Bird Counts
Tue, 04 Nov 2003 07:17:29 -0800
From: Dave Quady

Hello, Bay Area Birders:

Golden Gate Audubon Society sponsors two Christmas Bird Counts:

Invitations have already been mailed to everyone who participated in either count in recent years; if you haven't received yours yet it should arrive any day now.

This note is to invite new participants to join the counts. You'll have a chance to sample the bird life in an area that fits your interests and abilities, under the leadership of an experience birder. At the end of the day you can attend the "count dinner," to learn what birds others have found, and where. A rarity or two usually turns up, so learning of them on the day of discovery can help you see them too. Who can forget the Canada Warbler found on San Francisco's count last year, evidently the first record of this species wintering in North America?

Call Golden Gate Audubon Society at 510.843.2211 to request sign-up forms for either count, or sign up for the Oakland count at

http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/birding/2003-11_cbcoak_signup.htm
or contact the compilers for more information:

Compilers:

Hope to see you at the counts!

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California

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