[EBB Sightings] Laid-back birding at Garin - House Wren pic
[EBB Sightings] Laid-back birding at Garin - House Wren pic
Verne Nelson
Wed May 20 13:48:00 PDT 2009
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If you want to enjoy some easy birding of common species in a laid-back manner go to Garin Regional Park. Make a left on the path through the lawn area and go all the way to the last set of picnic tables and sit down and relax to enjoy all the birds around you there.?
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The large California Sycamore that shades the tables has an easily spotted Robin's Nest with an incubating mom.? On the horizontal limb below is a nest cavity where both parents are bringing in food for their young.
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Here's a parent bringing in a Mosquito Hawk:
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http://www.pbase.com/image/112770659
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A California Buckeye in full bloom attracts the interest of an Allen's Hummingbird.? Spotted Towhees, Warblers, Nuttall's, Bullock's, and others?sing from?within the riparian shelter. Stellar Jays hop around noisily in the Sycamore.??Off to the left in the Eucalyptus Grove on? the hill you can spot a Red-Tailed Hawk nest.??
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They're all common birds, but it is a joy to sit among them.?
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