[SBB] Calero Reservoir, upper end

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This morning (Tues, Nov 1) a large flock of over 500 Canada Geese was at  the 
upper end of Calero Reservoir.  With this flock were one juvenile  GREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 14 CACKLING GEESE (9 minima-type and 4  Aleutian-type).
 
A word on this large Canada Goose flock. Beginning in late August  large 
numbers of Canada Geese often show up from their home base, which I  believe is 
San Felipe Lake.  The geese will spend the day at the upper end  mudflats of 
Calero Reservoir and then return home by evening.  They do not  spend the night 
at Calero Reservoir.  Sometimes the geese don't show  up at Calero Reservoir at 
all - I guess depending on their plans for the  day.  This can be a bit of a 
disappointment, and I've come  up short-handed a number of times.  I mention 
this so birders will not  be unduly disappointed if they visit the reservoir, 
and no geese.  Right  now, the geese have been pretty consistent in showing up 
for the past couple of  weeks.
 
Some other birds worth mentioning at the upper end today were sixteen  COMMON 
MERGANSERS, one PRAIRIE FALCON, four WILSON'S SNIPE, and at least  six 
AMERICAN PIPITS.
 
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was in the oaks along the road leading to the  
levee, and at least twenty TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS were with mixed blackbird  flocks 
of Red-winged and Brewer's Blackbirds.
 
Good birding -
Ann Verdi
San Jose
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