[SBB] Cattle Egret - Lake Almaden , 6/8/06

[Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]>]

I know it's out of place and habitat, but there it was anyway, a 
CATTLE EGRET on the island used as a breeding area for Great and 
Snowy Egrets, Green Herons, and Black-crowned Night-Herons.  In clear 
breeding plumage on the head, back, and sides, it walked a bit on the 
beach until scared off by green herons(never seen so many at one time 
before).  It also perched up in the bushes for awhile.

Gordon & Jeannie Barrett

My sightings of other more common birds:

>Location:     Lake Almaden
>Observation date:     6/8/06
>Number of species:     37
>
>Canada Goose     60
>Mallard     6
>Pied-billed Grebe     2
>Great Egret     12
>Snowy Egret     12
>Cattle Egret     1
>Green Heron     12
>Black-crowned Night-Heron     6
>Turkey Vulture     1
>Red-shouldered Hawk     1
>American Coot     3
>Killdeer     5
>Forster's Tern     2
>Rock Pigeon     X
>Mourning Dove     6
>Anna's Hummingbird     1
>Acorn Woodpecker     3
>Nuttall's Woodpecker     2
>Black Phoebe     4
>Western Scrub-Jay     1
>Violet-green Swallow     10
>Chestnut-backed Chickadee     4
>Bewick's Wren     1
>American Robin     1
>Northern Mockingbird     2
>European Starling     6
>Spotted Towhee     1
>California Towhee     2
>Song Sparrow     1
>Dark-eyed Junco     3
>Red-winged Blackbird     1
>Brewer's Blackbird     2
>Brown-headed Cowbird     2
>Bullock's Oriole     1
>House Finch     2
>Lesser Goldfinch     4
>House Sparrow     6
>
>This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)


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Gordon Barrett
[[email protected]]

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