[SBB] Buffleheads in Santa Clara, and lunchtime birding trail

["Ann H." <[[email protected]]>]

I've found a nice lunchtime birding walk near work in Santa Clara:

the San Tomas Aquino Creek trail, which runs from Central Expressway

across Mission College Blvd and down towards the Bay (don't know

how far it goes--but it passes the SF 49ers training camp)

 

Lunchtime walks on Mon and Tues showed masses of cedar

waxwings and robins and YR warblers congregating along the

trail (bathing in the creek), in the trees along Mission College Blvd

at the creek-edge of the General Dynamics parking lot, in the trees

next to the Intel parking garage along Juliette Lane.  I saw a nice

variety of species, and had a great time watching the flocks of

robins and waxwings move about.  Best birds were buffleheads

in the Great America ponds, next to the rollercoasters (viewable

from the trail)--2 males and a female.

 

                                   Mon          Tues

Great Egret                  1               0

Snowy egret                 2              0

green heron                  0               1

black phoebe                2              1

Anna's h-bird                5              3

yellow rumped warblers  many!!!     many!!!  (sorry, Bill, too many to count!

approx 50--?)

robins  hundreds and hundreds, can't even guess!

cedar waxwing            again, too many to count (50?)

coots                            8               3

mallards                       14               12

unknown black duck       0              1

probably some variety of domestic

BUFFLEHEAD               2M             2M, 1F

pied billed grebe           2               2

vulture                        0                1

RT hawk                    0                 1

golden crowned sparrow  0            approx 20

wren, probably marsh     0             1

 

If you work near Mission College and Great America Parkway, there's an

easy entry point to the trail next to the parking lot for General Dynamics

on Mission College Blvd.  You can grab a quick Birding Break on a nice day.

 

good birding,

Ann Hepenstal

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