[SBB] Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility Sightings

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All:
 
This morning, August 18, I had a few interesting sightings at the Sunnyvale 
landfill-hill and the Lockheed marsh.  First there was a flock of about 100 
blackbirds dogging a Peregrine Falcon as it made lazy circles overhead.  Then I 
saw my first Vaux Swift of the season; the swallows made occasional swipes at 
the VASW but never any moves at the nearby White-throated Swifts.  Then I saw a 
flying (sort-of) Virginia Rail.  Further out there were numerous American 
White-Pelicans, a couple of Brown Pelicans, both Yellowlegs, both Dowitchers, and 
other shorebirds.  The trail to pond A3W is firmly closed by Cargill Salt at 
the bridge by the Golf Course, so I couldn’t see whether any terns were 
gathering out there.  This closure will require a drastic change to the forth-coming 
birdwalk to this site.
 
Frank Vanslager
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