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All,

This morning Frank Vanslager and I stopped at San Felipe Lake, east of Gilroy 
on Hwy 152, where we hoped that the SANDHILL CRANE feeding in the grass on 
the southern edge of the lake with CANADA GEESE would take a notion to fly into 
Santa Clara County.  No such luck :-(  We then made a fairly quick check of 
the eucalyptus trees on San Felipe Rd.  The only "notable" bird seen was a 
RED-TAILED HAWK sitting on a nest near the top of the middle tree (we really didn't 
expect to find anything).  Our next destination was Llagas Creek north of 
Bloomfield Road.  Ducks in the "slag ponds" included lots of MALLARD, GADWALL, 
AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and RUDDY DUCK, lots of mostly male CINNAMON 
TEAL, several NORTHERN SHOVELER, several NORTHERN PINTAIL, three to four pair 
of RING-NECKED DUCK, four adult male BLUE-WINGED TEAL (plus at least one 
female), and one adult female COMMON GOLDENEYE.  Shorebirds included 30-40 
Dowitcher, a half dozen GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and a couple LEAST SANDPIPERS (as well as 
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and AMERICAN AVOCETS).  As we were leaving we heard a 
fairly loud three note call coming from the creek, near the sixth "slag pond" 
dike heading west from the main creek dike, count as you head north from 
Bloomfield Road.  This call was repeated three to four times only to be interrupted 
when a water district truck stopped nearby.  It's awfully early in the season 
but it would seem that the call had to be coming from a Yellow-breasted Chat.  
Unfortunately this was an abbreviated song and the bird was not found.

Take care,
Bob Reiling
  
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