[SBB] Vasona Park

[Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>]

I birded at Vasona today where the sky was reasonably clear. Saw a 
male WOOD DUCK still in eclipsed plumage. He's getting more color and 
was swimming with the mallards on the pond south of the heronry. Two 
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were working the edge of the pond. They allowed me 
to get quite close before flying to the far side. One had quite a few 
more spots than the other, and they were much smaller than I'd imagined.

I heard a loud chip call and found three YELLOW WARBLERS in the 
nearby eucalyptus trees. A female Downy Woodpecker with a  sticky 
face was evidence of her feeding on the eucalyptus trees. D.C. 
Cormorant, adult and juv. Great Blue Heron, adult and juv. 
Black-crowned Night Heron, and Green Heron were also seen in this 
area. A Belted Kingfisher flew upstream.

In the Meadow Brook picnic area I found 4 W.TANAGERS, a male BULLOCKS 
ORIOLE, several HOODED ORIOLES, 3 YELLOW WARBLERS and a male Downy 
Woodpecker. As I left I heard the begging call of a juv. B.H.Cowbird 
coming from a garden near the R.R. tracks apparently being fed by 
nearby Dark eyed Juncos.

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The juvenile B.H. Cowbird I reported seeing in my backyard was part 
of the Hooded Orioles second brood. Today I saw a beautiful juvenile 
HOOR calling and begging while perched at the feeder. It was quite 
yellow and must be a male.

As I write this, there's a large noisy flock of Am. Crows in my 
backyard neighbors eucalyptus trees. I just checked and found them 
eating tiny berries on one of several variety of eucalyptus.

Janna Pauser


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