[SBB] Oka Ponds 11-05-05

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

All,

I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding group to the Oka Ponds on 
Saturday for a sunny morning of birding. Nothing especially unusual was 
logged, but we did have our first Ring-necked Ducks of the season, as 
well as several American Wigeons and Wood Ducks in the fenced control 
ponds along Dell Avenue. As well, there was a lone Spotted Sandpiper in 
this area. Other nice finds were a Wilson's Snipe on "Snipe Island" 
along the creek beyond the bridge. Two Green Heron were located, one in 
pond 6 and another by the spill way near the restrooms. Probably the 
most exciting discovery was not a bird at all, but a Bobcat that 
chomped on a mouse and rested in full view of the bridge.

After completing the tour of all 6 ponds, some of us relocated to 
Stevens Creek Park (SCP) to search for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. No 
luck with that particular bird, but plenty of Red-breasted Sapsuckers 
for close study. Townsend's Warbler made for a colorful end of the 
tour.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net/reports/paas_fall05.html

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Anna’s Hunmmingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker (SCP)
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Hutton’s Vireo (SCP)
Steller’s Jay (SCP)
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Oak Titmouse
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Wrentit (SCP)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush (SCP)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Spotted Towhee (SCP)
California Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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