Re: [SBB] GT Grackle in P.A.

[Les Chibana <[[email protected]]>]

Nancy and SBB,

Deb Bartens, Chief Naturalist at the Baylands, has reported a  
Great-tailed Grackle at the Baylands Nature Center on 5/16/02; just  
seen once. (There was a report from the cafe at Shoreline Lake of one  
on the same day.) Eric Goodill reported a female at the Nature Center  
on 10/13/04.

Les
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On Apr 24, 2005, at 4:30 AM, Nancy Teater wrote:

> Hi Birders,
> Ted Chandik's Fly By Dawn birding group got a real surprise yesterday  
> at the Palo Alto Duck Pond when we saw a Great-tailed Grackle walking  
> in the grass near the Snowy Egret/Black-crowned Night-Heron rookery.  
> The grackle flew from the grass into the eucalyptus trees just in back  
> of the rookery and began calling in G.T. Grackle fashion. Ted said  
> grackles have nested in Gilroy recently. We were wondering if this is  
> a first sighting for Palo Alto.
>
> Another birder who was photographing the rookery told us that the palm  
> trees in the rookery were first covered with herons but that the  
> egrets had forced most of them out into nearby trees.
>
> The Bullock's Orioles at the end of nearby Geng Road were also putting  
> on quite a show. We saw one gathering bits of paper from the fence at  
> the athletic field for a nest, and there was some squabbling over nest  
> sites. There must be 10 or 12 individuals there; hard to tell how  
> many. We saw one Hooded Oriole female -- no males.
>
> We had 92 species for the day, which started at Steven's Creek Park.
> Good birding,
> Nancy Teater
>
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