[EBB Sightings] Green Heron, Hooded Oriole, W Kingbird, Red-shouldered Hawk

Contra Costa Canal Trail-Martinez Regional Shoreline Bicycle Birding Trip
  Sunday, May 28, 2006
  Leader: Kathy Jarrett
  Trip Report:
  Green Heron, Hooded Oriole, W Kingbird and Red-shouldered Hawk were highlights of the trip.
  We started at 9:15 at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek and birded there, on the Contra Costa Canal Trail to approx. Taylor Blvd, then at the Martinez Regional Shoreline. We also saw quite a few birds on Alhambra Way going into Martinez, including a family of Killdeer. The Sunday Farmer?s Market in Martinez had fresh apricots and cherries for our lunch. The weather was sunny but not too hot for that uphill climb out of Martinez. We finished the day having bicycled 23 miles, and six of seven people used BART to get to Pleasant Hill. 45 species seen. 
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  Pied-billed Grebe
  Double-crested Cormorant
  Green Heron
  Black-crowned Night-Heron
  Canada Goose
  Mallard
  Gadwall
  Turkey Vulture
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  American Avocet
  Gull sp.
  Rock Pigeon (I)
  Mourning Dove
  White-throated Swift
  Anna's Hummingbird
  Nuttall's Woodpecker
  Downy Woodpecker
  Black Phoebe
  Western Kingbird
  Violet-green Swallow
  N. Rough-winged Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  Barn Swallow
  Western Scrub-Jay
  American Crow
  Chestnut-backed Chickadee
  Marsh Wren
  American Robin
  Northern Mockingbird
  Cedar Waxwing
  European Starling (I)
  Common Yellowthroat
  Spotted Towhee
  California Towhee
  Song Sparrow
  Red-winged Blackbird
  Hooded Oriole
  House Finch
  Lesser Goldfinch
  American Goldfinch
  House Sparrow (I)


kathy jarrett
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