Re: [SBB] Common Loon - Almaden Lake

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I went to Almaden Lake this morning about 10:15 and found the Common Loon. It spent considerable time at the surface.  I was joined by Evon (sp?) Miko who was able to watch it between dives.  When I left at 12:00 noon, it was resting quietly on the lake south of the island.  How common is the COLO at Almaden Lake? 

Other interesting birds observed were a Western Kingbirds, Western Tanager (a single female), several Hooded Orioles, (including a brilliantly colored male with its distinctive yellow head and black throat), two Caspian Terns, a female Common Merganser with a dozen young trailing behind and about five Green Herons.

We have a California Towhee nesting in a bush about 7 ft. from the ground in our front yard and a Nuttall's Woodpecker pair excavating a cavity in our neighbor's dying Flowering Plum tree about 5 ft. above the sidewalk next to the street.

--
Karl Fowler 
San Jose, CA

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> SBBers: 
> 
> Summer Brausel and I biked along the Los Alamitos Trail this morning (05/27/05). 
> Near the restrooms at the Almaden Lake Park we paused to enjoy a pair of HOODED 
> ORIOLESs and WESTERN KINGBIRDs. On our return to the park around 11:30 AM we 
> saw 2 CASPIAN TERNs on the island with a very active egret and Black-crowned 
> Night Heron rookery. Our eyes fixated on a different bird in the water near the 
> island. As we tried to identify the bird a juvie GREEN HERON flew past us 
> chasing its parent demanding food. This bird dived repeated and stayed up only 
> a few seconds so it was a little difficult to get its field marks. I knew that 
> it was a loon but which one was the question. With its large upturned bill and 
> slight collar our call is a COMMON LOON. My guess is that it is a 1st summer 
> bird. 
> 
> Good birding and biking, 
> Peggy Don 
> 
> 
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