[SBB] Both Little Blues and two Black Terns

[Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>]

All,

Kelly and I stopped at Almaden Lake this morning and relocated the  
LITTLE BLUE HERON at 9:15. The bird was foraging on on the left side  
of the island when viewed from the Coleman side of the Lake. On the  
sand bar by the creek mouth two COMMON MERGANSERS were resting, and a  
short bike ride down the creek also produced WESTERN KINGBIRD, ASH- 
THROATED and PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS and a YELLOW WARBLER.

We then made our way to Alviso where we biked the levy trail west  
from the EEC, moving clockwise around salt pond A-16. By noon we  
relocated a BLACK TERN in full alternate plumage as it foraged among  
the many FORSTER'S TERNS. We also spotted a second BLACK TERN on the  
far side of the pond, but lost it quickly. Perhaps it went to another  
pond, but the first one remained. The bird's routine was to move  
forward into the wind, moving up and down picking food items up off  
of the surface, and then when it had reached the north west corner,  
it flew quickly back to the south east corner and began again. We  
watched it for about an hour as it repeated made this tour. Then we  
decided to move to the north side of the pond to get a better look.  
There we spotted the second LITTLE BLUE HERON of the day as it  
methodically searched for fish from a shallow area in the north west  
corner of the pond. We got exceptional looks at this bird, as we did  
the Black Tern.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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