Re: [SBB] Western Tanager sighting also...

[Brooke Miller <[[email protected]]>]

Nice pictures, Ashok!  However, that is a male Bullock's oriole.

Brooke Miller
Los Altos

On Apr 20, 2005, at 8:40 PM, Ashok Khosla wrote:

> I've been seeing a Western Tanager at Charleston Slough/Shoreline for  
> about a week now..
> I often spot it around 9am in the path between the Charleston Slough  
> pump house (the one with all the cliff swallow nests) and the GTE  
> building off of old Bayshore.
>
> Today I saw it in a tree near the kayaks on the Shoreline pond.
>
> What a fabulous bird - see  
> http://www.khosla.com/forthebirds/westerntanager.html for dates/pics
>
> Ashok Khosla
> Palo Alto
>
>
> > > From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]>
> > > Subject: [SBB] Western Tanager
> > > I know it's a bit early, but if the male Western Tanager is truly  
> > > "unmistakable," then I saw one today, Wednesday, April 20, 2005, in  
> > > the Villa Maria area of Stevens Creek Park.  I saw a bright yellow  
> > > bird high in the trees that edge the orchard.  It's red head shone  
> > > in the sunlight.  Right shape for my books, but this is my first  
> > > sighting so who knows?  Maybe someone else would like a look?
>
>
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