[EBB Sightings] Vollmer Peak birds?

I've birded Vollmer Peak a few times.  I usually see, or at least hear, 
Great Horned Owls in the pines around the the intersection of the 
Vollmer Peak Trail and the paved access road to the summit. 
Rufous-crowned Sparrows frequent the fences along the ridgeline east of 
the Seaview Trail, on the flanks of Vollmer Peak.  California Thrasher 
can be found in the brush lower on the Seaview Trail, near the Steam Trains.

Good birding,

Glen Tepke
Oakland
g.tepke (at) comcast (dot) net
www.pbase.com/gtepke


Phila Rogers wrote:
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> Dear Birding Friends:
> 
> Last week I rediscovered Vollmer Peak, a lovely area in Tilden Park that I would like to visit regularly.  It's high and wild up there with sweeping views in all directions with several distinct microclimates depending on the orientation of the slope.  As the highest point in the Berkeley Hills, Vollmer Peak gets more rain, and more important lots of fog drip in the summer which supports one of the few healthy groves of planted Monterey Pines in the East Bay. For wildflower lovers, in a grassy field Nemophilas (baby blue eyes) are coming into bloom.
> 
> I would like to hear from some birders who 'bird' in the area, as to what I should be looking for.  I recall last year reading on 'Sightings' that MacGillivray's Warblers nested there and occasional Hermit Warblers passed through.
> 
> I'd appreciate more information.
> 
> Phila Rogers