[SBB] Oka Ponds

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Good evening all....

 

Kristine Long and I birded Oka Ponds this morning...lots of great species:

 

Gadwall

Ruddy Ducks

Bufflehead

Common Mergansers (3 female, 1 male)

Canvasback

Ring-necked Ducks

Mallards

American Wigeons

Lesser Scaup

Wilson's Snipe

Yellowlegs (sp)

Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Great Egret

Pied-billed Grebes

Coots

Common Moorhen (good species for the ponds)

Belted Kingfisher

Black Phoebe

Gold-crown Sparrows

White-crown Sparrow

Common Yellowthroats

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Anna's Hummingbirds (displaying)

Double-crested Cormorants

Mourning Doves

Rock Dove

Canada Geese

Oak Titmouse

House Finch

CA Towhee

Cooper's Hawk

Gull (sp?) this gull had yellow legs and no black tips when flying..any ideas?  Didn't catch the color of the bill!

Osprey (male with a fish)

 

Great Egrets were in Pond 1 in the tree with nests...also a single Great Blue Heron in the tree...this sight should be monitored for nesting!

 

All and all a great morning of birding...it was great to be back at Oka...

 

Wishing you all good birding and my best regards,

Linda Sullivan

Los Gatos

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