On Monday evening Kay Partelow and I plus a few others looked for BUOWs at Shoreline, on N. Shoreline Blvd. past the kite flying lot and construction activity on the right (anyone know what this is about?).
We saw first one on the right side on a mound in the dried grass (not fenced off), then one on the left, also in dried grass, and further down so we could see the other side of the mound, saw three and possibly another. At least some of them were young. See
http://moonlittrails.com/Shoreline/ for more photos.
Around 6:45 we started back toward the kite flying area, then went out to the Stevens Creek nature study area. Tide had been out for a while when we arrived, so there wasn't a lot of activity besides the more common shorebirds, but we flushed a few Ring-necked Pheasant from the mud's edge, saw Barn and Cliff Swallow, on the
far bank a Greater Yellowlegs, heard Savannah and Song Sparrow, and by the Fish and Game gate, saw a Loggerhead Shrike. As we returned across the lot, we heard a Shrike buzz call.
It was after sunset by then, and there was a slender 4" reptile slithering s-like movements quickly across the pavement, Skink-ish but it was too dark to see details other than it seemed to be an even tan color, was smooth, and didn't try to bite me when I picked it up to move it. I've not seen anything other than Gopher Snakes and Western Fence Lizards there, but this was definitely not that.
As we arrived at the lot, a Barn Owl flew down the road.