[SBB] Rufous Hummingbird at Fremont-Older OSP

["Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]>]

This morning Pat Kenny and I walked into Fremont-Older OSP from the Prospect 
Road entrance and saw at least two selasphorus hummingbirds, one an adult 
male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD.  From the parking area, if one walks up the road 
about .3 miles there are elaborate rock terraces on the steep uphill side. 
Downhill are a few bottle brush shrubs, a very large eucalyptus tree that is 
now in bloom, and oaks.  We saw the Rufous Hummingbird repeatedly on several 
perches in these oaks, often below us, with a few full back views.  The bird 
was all rufous on its back.

Otherwise the walk was most notable for what we did not see: the swallows 
and bluebirds that animate the grassy hillsides during the summer are not 
there yet.  We did hear a few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs.

Roland Kenner 


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