[EBB Sightings] Mountain Blue Birds and more

[EBB Sightings] Mountain Blue Birds and more

Richard Cimino
Sat Feb 02 22:49:52 PST 2008
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    Actually last week I did get to see the Patterson Pass Mountain Blue Birds.
    I was only able to find two of them in the previous location reported .
    The same day the Ferruginous Hawk was near the main wind power gate road
    maker 15020 north side of the road.
    I was busy so I didn't report them.
    Today off of Via Nicole and Patterson Pass Rd. Jim Ross and I  had three
    male and several female Tri-Color Black Birds.
    Also on North Flynn Rd. (unknown road marker) we had a nice flock (20+) of
    female and first year Red-winged Blackbirds - no males in the flock.
    Just for fun on Thursday 1/31/08 in Dublin off of Tassajara Road in front
    of the AAA office / Safeway curb side was a Red-winged Blackbird Variation
    1st summer.
    Go to Sibley page 513 for a description and drawing.
    Rich Cimino a.k.a. Raven
    
    
    > [Original Message]
    > From: Bob Power 
    > To: ebbsightings ebbsightings 
    > Date: 2/2/2008 10:09:07 PM
    > Subject: [EBB Sightings] Alameda Co. various
    > Hi all:
    > I spent most of the morning following up on previously
    > reported birds.
    > Highlights:  2 male White-winged Scoters at San
    > Leandro Marina, just off of the point.  The first bird
    > dove and another appeared in an area that just seemed
    > to far away to have been the first bird.  Shortly they
    > were both up at the same time.  Very close-range looks
    > were completely captivating.
    > After the scoters at the point, I drove to the last
    > marina parking lot and walked the par course to look
    > at the island offshore.  The crew-crews (crewers?
    > skullers?) had a Horned Grebe flying around the
    > interior channel, and I couldn't recall ever seeing a
    > small grebe in flight.  It was a treat.
    > At the farthest northern point of the parcourse loop,
    > I could see one of the White-winged Scoters preening
    > and thought I might get a better picture than I
    > already had. I started to walk down towards the rocks
    > and heard a twittering and there were 50 or so Willets
    > parked below me. No one flushed, and I was fortunate
    > to find 2 Surfbirds roosting with them. 
    > I scanned the northeast side of the island and there
    > was another large shorebird roost, primarily Willets,
    > but also containing 3 Ruddy Turnstones.
    > I ended the morning enjoying Chuck Woodrum's
    > extraordinary hospitality and having a brief but
    > satisfying view of the Clay-colored Sparrow. 
    > After other responsibilities, the afternoon had me
    > back at Patterson Pass looking for my nemesis bird. I
    > scoured Patterson Pass and Flynn Rd. I had quite
    > similar results to Rich Cimino's. 
    > An adult Ferruginous Hawk was just south of the
    > intersection of the Railroad tracks and Patterson Pass
    > rd. at about the 1 mile mark west of the county line.
    > A couple of pictures from today can be seen at:
    > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14935921 at N00/
    > And to piggy-back on Steve Glover's note, there's at
    > least one Winter Wren adjacent to the parking lot at
    > the end of the Stream Trail entrance to Redwood Park.
    > As reported earlier in January.
    > Good birding,
    > Bob Power
    > Oakland, CA
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