[SBB] SCVAS field trip

Thanks to some sharp eyed birders today's SCVAS field trip to Coyote Reservoir was much more productive than the low water conditions would seem to warrant. Best birds included a white-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (on the eastern edge of the main campground), a PEREGRINE FALCON (unaged, hunting and perched on the south shore), GOLDEN EAGLES (soaring over the ridges east of the reservoir), a MERLIN (perched on the hillside above the dam), a ROCK WREN (working the upstream, eastern half of the dam face), VARIED THRUSH (main campground), and several WOOD DUCKS (in a pond below the dam and swimming just upstream of the reservoir). Most of the other expected species were seen including RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, COMMON MERGANSER (a hundred or more with a large number of adult males), MEW GULLS, a WESTERN GREBE, RED-TAILED HAWKS and RED-SHOULDERD HAWKS. Big misses include Wild Turkey (always seen before?), Purple Finch and Bald Eagle.