[SBB] Monte Bello OSP

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All,
 
This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out Monte Bello OSP from gate  
MB05 to the pond southest of the gate and then northeast of the gate to and on  
the first half mile or so of the White Oak Trail.  At the pond we spotted  
Garth Harwood, who just finishing up birding and getting ready to  leave, a 
singing male LAZULI BUNTING, and a singing first year male PURPLE  FINCH.  The pond 
itself was pretty quite, as expected, but it was nice  to know where it is and 
how to get there.  Later on our way to  the White Oak Trail we had a juvenile 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW that was  fluttering it's wings and "calling" (no 
apparent sound from our view point) from  the top of a bush near the trail junction.  
At a high point on the White  Oak Trail, near a utility pole, we had a 
CHIPPING SPARROW singing from the  trees just off the trail to the left.  
Unfortunately,  despite having singing CHSP (maybe only one?) well heard from several  
trees along the trail for the next quarter mile or so, we were never  able to 
spot a CHSP.  On our way out the CHSP once again sang from the  trees near the 
utility pole (still unseen).  We did manage to see a nice  adult male Purple 
Finch, dueling male Lazuli Buntings and a barely seen singing  HUTTON'S VIREO.  
At one point a flock of 23+ BAND-TAILED PIGEONS  flew by overhead and we had 
small numbers of CLIFF, VIOLET-GREEN, and  BARN SWALLOWS flying low over the 
hillside.
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling
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