[SBB] A few recent birds

[Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>]

   A few highlights from the past week:

Nov. 5, at CCFS:  about 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets.  Another birder saw the
  Plumbeous Vireo, but we weren't able to refind it.

Nov. 9, NWR EEC entrance road:  an Osprey was perched in a roadside tree
  where the road bends to parallel Mallard Slough.

Nov. 12, SCVWD pond on Almaden Expressway:  two Peregrine Falcons still
  present.  (They were chasing, after which I got a nice look at the
  perched juvenile; I didn't get enough of a look at the other to age it.)

Nov. 12, Almaden Reservoir:  I noted 24 Wood Ducks, mixed with the more
  aboundant Mallards.  This was by no means a thorough count, so I'm
  quite sure there were more.

Nov. 12, east end Calero Reservoir:  With about 500 Canada Geese were
  13 Cackling Geese.  Although I picked out white neck rings only on
  four of them (others may have been feeding in a way so as to obscure
  it), I tend to agree with Mike Mammoser that they are all of the
  Aleutian type.  All had similar not-very-dark underparts coloration;
  I don't think any were dark enough below or small enough for minima.
  On the other hand, two of the birds, while outwardly similar, did
  seem a bit larger than the rest (although I'm not sure large enough
  to get into the realm of Cackling-Canada confusion).  My views were
  a bit too distant for adequate study of bill shapes.

  Also here were 19 Common Merganswers.  An Osprey and a Peregrine
  Falcon flew in together (the Falcon making several dips at the
  Osprey, which it evaded), landing behind the Geese.  The Osprey
  in fact landed in the water, where it proceded to bathe.

								Al Eisner

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