[SBB] Various Geese, Pelagic Cormorant

[Kathryn Parker <[[email protected]]>]

Unlike Al, I found many geese at Shoreline Park this afternoon. The 
BRANDT was at the Kite Flying Area and 2 SNOW GEESE were with a group 
of Canada Geese on the slope overlooking the Steven's Creek Overflow 
Pond.
One PELAGIC CORMORANT was perched on the crumbling catwalk in Pond A2W.
12 BROWN PELICANS were lounging on the catwalk used by the Least Terns 
in Pond A2E, and there were 2 HORNED GREBES in this pond also.
I found a HOUSE WREN in the Steven's Creek Overflow Pond.
2 female PEREGRINE FALCONS were having a catfight in the Kite Flying 
Area at Shoreline this morning. One was sitting on the ground and the 
other was dive bombing. The one on the ground would do backflips in 
order to present her talons to the one doing the dive bombing - very 
dramatic. This happened five times before the one on the ground finally 
took off and they continued tussling in the air for a bit.
High tide was not very high this morning, but 1 CLAPPER RAIL was giving 
heart stopping views at the end of the boardwalk - so close I could not 
get my binoculars to focus.

Kathy Parker
Los Gatos


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