[EBB Sightings] Escapees/Passerine in Castro Valley

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Dear Birders,

I saw a very cute bird yesterday foraging on the lawn of the Willow Park
Golf Course in Castro Valley and would love to know what it is. 

Description: It was about the size of a finch but maybe a little plumper,
had a bright yellow head with a bit of orange on the forehead and chin and
bright yellow, plain underparts and nape.  Stubby, dark bill. Black eyes.
Slightly olive back with blurry dark streaks.  Dark wing and tail feathers
edged in yellow.  Dark feet with yellow feathering visible on the upper part
of the legs and a blue band around the right leg.

Location: The golf course is several miles north of 580 on Redwood Rd.
(There is a Redwood Rd. exit.)  It's on the left (west) not far from where
the houses end.  Immediately after you enter the grounds, there is a path
with a barricade in front of it on the right hand side.  The bird was
between the beginning of the path and the telephone pole that's next to the
path.

While I'm at it, and in response to the birder-whose name I've unfortunately
forgotten-who saw a parakeet at the Hayward Shoreline, I saw a Peach-faced
Lovebird in the Lake Chabot area this winter.  If anyone is interested in
this species, which has been found in good numbers in the Phoenix area, see
www.maricopaaudubon.org/species_accounts/species_peachface.htm.

Good birding,

Emily Serkin

Castro Valley


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Birders,


style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I saw a very cute bird yesterday foraging on the lawn =
of the
Willow Park Golf Course in Castro =
Valley and
would love to know what it is. 


style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Description: It was about the size of a finch but =
maybe a
little plumper, had a bright yellow head with a bit of orange on the =
forehead
and chin and bright yellow, plain underparts and nape.  Stubby, =
dark bill.
Black eyes.  Slightly olive back with blurry dark streaks.  =
Dark wing
and tail feathers edged in yellow.  Dark feet with yellow =
feathering visible
on the upper part of the legs and a blue band around the right =
leg.


style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Location: The golf course is several miles north of =
580 on Redwood =
Rd. (There
is a Redwood =
Rd.
exit.)  It’s on the left (west) not far from where the houses =
end.  Immediately
after you enter the grounds, there is a path with a barricade in front =
of it on
the right hand side.  The bird was between the beginning of the =
path and
the telephone pole that’s next to the =
path.


style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>While I’m at it, and in response to the =
birder—whose
name I’ve unfortunately forgotten—who saw a parakeet at the =
Hayward
Shoreline, I saw a Peach-faced Lovebird in the Lake Chabot
area this winter.  If anyone is interested in this species, which =
has been
found in good numbers in the Phoenix
area, see www.maricopaaudubon.org/species_accounts/species_peachface.htm.=

style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good birding,


style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Emily Serkin


face=3DArial>Castro =
Valley