[SBB] Little Blue Heron and Screech Owl

[Hugh McDevitt <[[email protected]]>]

It has been awhile since I've had an easier time viewing unusual  birds.  My wife was at a rehearsal today, so I spent about 45  minutes birding around Almaden Lake Park where I had good views of the  Little Blue Heron foraging on the eastern side of the lake, in flight  twice, and then back on the heron island, where there were also Great  Egrets, Black-Crowned Night Herons, and Green Herons.  There was a  very vocal Bullock's Oriole making sure I was watching him near the  restrooms.   I also heard (but didn't see) Pacific Slope  Flycatcher and Yellow Warbler while I was walking down the bike path to  the south.   (I also had the good fortune to meet Janna  Pauser and her friend Joan Busch--hope I got that right.    Always nice to put a face with an e-mail address.)
  
  I then drove up to Rancho San Antonio about 11 AM where the Western  Screech Owl was very easy to spot.   (The directions posted  on this list were
 exact, and I was helped by the fact that a couple of  ladies were already there taking a picture.)   What an  amazingly tolerant bird so close to a very busy path.   I got  views of the owl sleeping, preening, and glaring (at least I would have  been glaring if someone had been watching me trying to  sleep).   It was still there when I returned from hiking at  1:30 PM.   While hiking the High Meadow/Wildcat trail   loop, I also saw Western Wood Peewee, Hutton's Vireos, Black-headed  Grosbeak, and heard what I thought were Warbling Vireos and  Orange-crowned Warblers.
  
  There were still a number of Mariposa Lillies and Blue Dicks along the High Meadow trail.  
  
  A very nice way to spend a day!
  
  Hugh McDevitt
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