[SBB] Ogier Ponds/Calero Reservoir 03-17-07

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

All,

I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Ogier Ponds today.  
HIghlights were a pair of WOOD DUCK, two COMMON MERGANSERS, GREATER  
and LESSER SCAUP, two WESTERN KINGBIRDS, many nesting TREE SWALLOWS,  
a few nesting NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS. There were also a male  
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in a large sycamore along the entrance road 2-3  
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were found in the underbrush by the creek, and a  
single LARK SPARROW showed up on the model airplane runway.  We also  
had nesting RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS as we walked down the paved trail  
toward the underpass.

We then caravanned to Calero Reservoir where we rounded out our  
Swallows collection a bit with BARN and CLIFF SWALLOWS. On the  
reservoir we found more COMMON MERGANSERS, a small group of COMMON  
GOLDENEYE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and an Aleutian CACKLING  
GOOSE. As we returned to our cars, we also found a pair of CALIFORNIA  
THRASHERS, heard (but did not see) a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. A female  
MERLIN made a brief appearance over the hills, as did a GOLDEN EAGLE.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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