[EBB Sightings] EBB Sighting -- Mute Swan on EBMUD property

Today I hiked the King Canyon Loop Trail on EBMUD property from the Valle  
Vista Staging Area in Moraga.   Of particular interest were a  half dozen Snow 
Geese, five American White  Pelicans and what I am quite certain was a single 
Mute  Swan--all on the reservoir.  I saw the Swan from a distance  but the 
orange bill and graceful curved neck were distinctive.  I'm curious  if the Swan 
is a regular at this reservoir as I do not hike the area  often.  Other species 
sighted during the hike were:
 
Western Bluebird
Bufflehead
Coot
Double-crested Cormorant
Common Raven
Canada Goose
Mallard
Wood Duck
Ruddy Duck
Great Egret
American Kestrel
Coopers Hawk
Red-tail Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Northern Flicker
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Lesser Goldfinch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Black-capped Junco
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Greater Yellowlegs
Scrub Jay
European Starling
 
All in all, a very nice hike.  

Jim

Jim Roethe
(925)  254-2190
jimroethe at aol.com

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