[SBB] Joseph D. Grant Park 04-30-05

[Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>]

All,

My Palo Alto Adult School birding group went to Grant Park yesterday. 
Glorious weather! Luminous birds! You could hardly ask for a more 
perfect situation... As usual, we began near the farmhouse, looking and 
listening along the riparian corridor. Then we made a brief stop at the 
lake and finally caravanned up to Twin Gates. Nearly the full spectrum 
of avian color was seen throughout the day, with numerous spikes of 
neon intensity occuring in the yellow-orange and cyan wavelengths. It's 
been a while since has seen Lazuli Bunting at Grant Park and today 
seemed to make up for all those other trips. No less than four 
individuals were seen well by everyone, along with several other birds 
that may have been duplicates. Many birds are beautiful of course, but 
few exceed this one's sheer chromatic shock value. Bullock's Orioles 
and Western Tanagers would be right up there too, and we saw those as 
well. Flycatchers were exciting, with several Western Kingbirds being 
found near the farmhouse and the nearby lot. We missed the Olive-sided, 
but Ash-throated and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were found, as well as 
Western Wood Pewee, and of course Black Phoebe. A lone female 
Bufflehead was at the lake, but little else unexpected. The Caspian 
Tern from last week was absent, but the Rufous-crowned Sparrows along 
Mount Hamilton Road were present again. We had wonderful looks at four 
Lark Sparrows at Twin Gates.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
California Quail
American Coot
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Steller's Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird (Mt. Hamilton Road)
California Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing (Mt. Hamilton Road)
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Mt. Hamilton Road before TG)
Lark Sparrow (Twin Gates)
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin (Twin Gates)
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

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