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[Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>]

Mike Rogers wrote:

> I spent an hour this morning 5/5/07 birding the first half-mile of
> Llagas Creek north of Bloomfield Road. Despite the wind, there was a
> fair amount of bird song and a nice variety of migrants: 1
> YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 2 YELLOW WARBLERS, 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 5
> WILSON'S WARBLERS, 3 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, a late singing adult male
> "MYRTLE" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 1 VAUX'S SWIFT, 1 OLIVE-SIDED
> FLYCATCHER, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 WESTERN TANAGER, 6 BLACK-HEADED
> GROSBEAKS, 2 LAZULI BUNTINGS, 1 late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and 1
> LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH. I didn't go far enough to check out the sewage
> ponds, but did see 2 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS flying in that direction.

I spent a couple of hours there later in the morning, but didn't pick
up any hint of a Chat.  I walked around the south-most two ponds, but
none of the ponds I could see had any water in them.  I did hear two
RING-NECKED PHEASANTs up that way, and also had a pair of GADWALL in
a drainage ditch by the first field.  I found some, but not all, of
Mike's listed species.  One addition:  a CASSIN'S VIREO was singing
near Bloomfield Road.  (Perhaps I should say "Solitary", since I didn't
manage to see the bird.)  Also, I heard one BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in this
same area.  Overall, activity was evidently lower than it had been
earlier.

On the way down I stopped at the Coyote Creek Golf Course, where I
saw two GREAT-TAILED GRACKLEs (male and female) and quite a few
CANADA GOOSE families.

After lunch I paid my first visit to the BALD EAGLE nest near the
south end of Calaveras Reservoir.  One adult was standing guard, and
I briefly saw one youngster raise its head and look around, but there
was no other "action".  Fionally, at Arzino Ranch, the 2 CATTLE EGRETs
continue.  Also there I saw BURROWING OWLs at three well-separated
locations (4 birds in all) and one AMERICAn KESTREL.
							     Al Eisner

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