[EBB Sightings] Hermit Thrush-lake temescal-sun nov 26

I usually take my walk around Lake Temescal in the morning. Today i was
there in the afternoon, when the afternoon sun brought out the birds on
this cool day. 
At the south east end of the park is a children's playground and an
adminstrative bldg. Going nw toward the lake there are some picnic
tables and bushes on the right side of the path. The Hermit Thrush was
eating the red berries; it is a very shy bird, hiding in the bush and
flying out to take one berry and returning to its perch. Also Hutton's
Vireo in that area. Also usual birds at the park:
coots, ruddy ducks, mallards, pigeons, western scrub and steller's
jays, black phoebes, white-crowned and song sparrows, ring-billed
gulls. 
Not seen today but often there:
DC cormorants, gb heron, sn egret, gr egret, gr heron, bc night heron,
anna's hummer, robin, kingfisher.
Ruby-crowned kinglets and buffleheads are usually there in the winter.
This is a great little park sheltered from winter winds, where you can
see lots of birds fairly close. It's about 1 mile to walk all the way
around and it's paved on one side, too. 
Lake Temescal is accessed on the south from Broadway Terrace just off
Hwy 13, and on the north from the section of Broadway that parallels
Hwy 24 from Patton to the tunnel.

kathy jarrett
kathy_jarrett at yahoo.com


	
		
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