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As usual, my group covered Almaden Lake, Edenvale Park, and Alamitos Creek.

 

We failed to find the AMERICAN BITTERN at the Water Company pond, but did enjoy a fly-by PEREGRINE FALCON, two GREEN HERONS, and the SORA that's been there a while. In the riparian above the ponds, and very close to the count boundary, we located small flock of NUTMEG MANNIKINS. A second group was found in the more usual area, upstream of Almaden Lake along Alamitos Creek.

 

At Edenvale Park, we re-located the MERLIN found earlier in the week, and found a female plumaged BULLOCK'S ORIOLE sitting silently in a small tree while we recorded its vital details. One of the first sounds I heard as we entered the park proper was the call of WESTERN TANAGER. However, there was a lot of noise from traffic and playing children. It never re-called, so we didn't count it.

 

Returning to Almaden Lake, for the daily gull love-in, we found the usual few RING-BILLED GULLS, and several THAYER'S GULLS among the numerous CALIFORNIA and HERRING GULLS.

 

In the afternoon, we worked the lower part of Alamitos Creek where, with a flock of chickadees, a make BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER spent several minutes responding to pishing and owls calls. An immature COOPERS HAWK was astonishingly cooperative in a small tree next to the main path, ignoring joggers, bikers, and ourselves as we passed under the tree.

 

Bruce Barrett

San Jose, CA

 

 

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