[EBB Sightings] Cull Canyon Bridge Bonanza
[EBB Sightings] Cull Canyon Bridge Bonanza
ANNE HOFF
Sun May 11 10:24:26 PDT 2008
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I stopped at Cull Canyon Regional Park on my way home from the Garin trip. (See note below re: "if you go".) I had never been there before and found that the footbridge a few feet from the parking lot was alive with song and activity even at 12:30 PM! In the space of 10 minutes, I heard and/or saw the following 13 species:
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warbling vireo (H)
Wilson's warbler
CA towhee
spotted towhee
song sparrow
lesser goldfinch
house finch
mourning dove
pacific-slope flycatcher (H)
chestnut-backed chickadee
dark-eyed junco
black-headed grosbeak
hairy woodpecker (with a bill FULL of bugs)
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A walk along the edge of the lake added these to the list:
Allen's hummingbird
Anna's hummingbird
Canada goose
mallard
black phoebe
cliff swallow (dozens dipping into the perfect mud for home-building)
killdeer
red-shouldered hawk (H)
common raven
American robin
great blue heron
bushtit
American goldfinch
w. scrub jay
n. mockingbird
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If you go, be warned that the swimming area opens May 24. In order to get to the swimming area, everyone must walk over said footbridge. There is no way to walk all the way around the lake, despite what the map indicates. I walked down the east side and ended up coming back the same way.
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A nice quickie stop for good birding...
Anne Hoff
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