[EBB Sightings] American bittern continues off Nobel Drive, Fremont

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Bittern there again today.  But if you go  would recommend you find an  
alternate parking location as security guard asked nicely for me to  
not park in the lot- even on an empty Saturday.  I went down auto mall  
to the dump but it is all posted no stopping as was most of noble dr.   
So no solution.

Cal Walters
Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Calvin Walters  wrote:

> Friday 4pm  The bittern was in the front pond against the reeds on  
> the back wall of the front pond.  A good 15 or so cinnamon teal.   
> And a few gadwalls am widgeon.  The moorhen made a breif appearance  
> too.
> Great little spot!  Wish I had known about it earlier!
> Cal Walters
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:45 PM, KatBirdCA at aol.com wrote:
>> Hi birders,
>>
>> I birded the Pacific Commons  Linear Park on Monday, 2/15/10.  It  
>> turns out
>> that there are two (!)  AMERICAN BITTERNS at the location reported  
>> earlier
>> (see Stephanie?s post  below).  They were both feeding along the e 
>> dge of the
>> open water in the SE  corner of the easternmost pond (where there  
>> is a
>> narrow, rocky shoreline covered  with chain link).  There was also  
>> a male
>> BLUE-WINGED TEAL in that  location.
>>
>> The FERRUGINOUS HAWK continued in the fields south of the  marsh.  I
>> watched it feeding, surrounded by about a dozen Common Ravens   
>> waiting for
>> leftovers.  Then a Red-tailed Hawk flew in and claimed the prey   
>> item, and the
>> Ferruginous ended up waiting in line with the Ravens.
>>
>> Good  birding,
>> Kathy Robertson
>> Hayward, CA
>>
>>
>> In a message dated  2/9/2010 1:36:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> scfloyd2000 at yahoo.com writes:
>> I  stopped by the fenced-in marsh/ponds behind the Synnex building  
>> off
>> Nobel Drive  in Fremont in hopes of seeing the AMERICAN BITTERN  
>> reported by
>> Calvin Lou on  January 31.  I was the only person on the path, and  
>> as I
>> approached the  marsh, the bittern flushed from the corner nearest  
>> the brown pillar
>> that says  "wander wonder" on it.  I had an excellent view of the  
>> bird's
>> brown back,  dark flight feathers, and yellow feet as it flew to  
>> the long brown
>> grass in the  middle of the marsh, landed, and put itself into its  
>> most
>> upright posture with  bill skyward.
>>
>> This is a very birdy (and rather smelly) area near the dump  at the  
>> end of
>> Auto Mall Parkway. In addition to the bittern I saw a COMMON   
>> MOORHEN in the
>> marsh and two beautiful CINNAMON TEAL flying from one pond to the   
>> next. A
>> scope would be helpful not only for peering into the marsh but for   
>> viewing
>> the thousands of gulls and other birds in the wide green fields to  
>> the  west
>> and south, where I did not see the ferruginous hawk during my very  
>> short
>> visit today.
>>
>> Directions: Take the Auto Mall Parkway off I-880 and go  west. Turn  
>> left on
>> Nobel Drive, then right at the driveway for Synnex. Continue  west  
>> to the
>> back of the parking lot where you'll find an opening in the chain   
>> link fence
>> leading to the pathways and viewing platforms. Alternatively, stay  
>> on  Auto
>> Mall Parkway until you reach the end of the buildings in the  
>> industrial
>> park, then turn left into the parking lot behind the buildings, and  
>> follow the
>> chain link fence south to the opening.
>>
>>
>> Stephanie Floyd
>> Fremont
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