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<blockquote data-quote="Kibet" data-source="post: 3495932" data-attributes="member: 126488"><p><strong>Day 14 Thursday 1st December</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Las Gallinas Treatment Ponds (MAS)</strong></p><p></p><p>From the Monday (Day 4 - seems so long ago and yet only about ten minutes of reading for you) Hawkwatch group at Hawk Hill, one of them arranged for me to meet another Scottish birder that was living in SF. We chose the Marin Audubon society (MAS) at Las Gallinas for the visit. Arranging to be picked up at the Richmond BART, it reduced my travel time by about an hour to get to San Rafael. </p><p></p><p>The first bird of the day, was before the treatment ponds, pulling over to a nice <strong>Red-Shouldered Hawk</strong> on a streetlight. On seeing us, it moved further down the road onto a tree. Heading down the wrong road gave us an opportunity for an <strong>Acorn Woodpecker</strong> storing acorns, before we turned round and head the correct way.</p><p> </p><p>The first bird of the official day was an <strong>American Kestrel</strong> being harassed by <strong>American Crows</strong>. We saw this when we got out the car and others were on it when we met the rest of the Group. <strong>Great White Egret</strong> swiftly followed, with sleeping <strong>Cinnamon Teal</strong> and<strong> Green-Winged Teal</strong>. A female <strong>Brewer’s Blackbird</strong> hid amongst <strong>Eurasian Starlings</strong> on a wire, and a pair of <strong>White-Tailed Kites</strong> were already hunting before perching together. The nearby <strong>House Finches</strong> were checked for <strong>Purple Finches</strong>, and discussed the difference between the two. </p><p></p><p>A <strong>Yellow-Rumped Warbler</strong> was feeding from a palm tree and a <strong>Say’s phoebe</strong> from a wire. A <strong>River Otter</strong> swam around on the far side of the first pond, and <strong>Pied Grebes</strong> were spotted (at different areas of the pond), as well as on a little island in the middle, <strong>Mute Swans (brought in like the Starlings)</strong> and a <strong>Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron</strong>. A group of 6 <strong>Common Merganser</strong> was on the second pond, and the bushes at the side had both female and male <strong>Red-Winged Blackbird</strong>. A <strong>Northern Harrier</strong> sat on a field looking back at us.</p><p> </p><p>Going down the path between the second and third pond, a pair of <strong>Eared Grebe</strong> were on the third pond with <strong>Mew Gull</strong> and a <strong>Californian Gull</strong> (okay, I was with Gull people so thought I would give something to the Gull readers) on a pipe on the second pond. A <strong>Palm Warbler</strong> was spotted at the path beside the Solar Farm, although quickly disappeared before everyone got a look and with <strong>Yellow-Rumped</strong> in the area and facing into the sun, it was hard to track. Returning back by the third pond to join the road next to the creek, a <strong>Savannah Sparrow</strong> was seen perched on the fence. It was this sighting that allowed me to go back and identify the one I saw on Thanksgiving.</p><p> </p><p>Two <strong>DC Cormorants</strong> chased off the <strong>Gulls</strong>, and one had a remarkable resemblance to <u>Tom Hanks</u> (I will include this picture). A <strong>Red-Tailed Hawk</strong> flew over, which the day would not seem to have been complete without. The last birds of the day were <strong>Snowy Egret</strong> and <strong>Great Blue Heron</strong> at the start of the ponds again. </p><p></p><p>Afterwards, I went with a group for lunch at a diner, before one of the birders dropped me off at the BART station that I used on the Monday (long walk day), and I travelled back for the day. Tomorrow would be my last day in Berkeley as I moved onto to stay with a work colleague, who lives in Stockton, allowing for me to see some birds from the Central Valley.</p><p></p><p><em>Species Photographed (To be added)</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kibet, post: 3495932, member: 126488"] [b]Day 14 Thursday 1st December[/b] [B]Las Gallinas Treatment Ponds (MAS)[/B] From the Monday (Day 4 - seems so long ago and yet only about ten minutes of reading for you) Hawkwatch group at Hawk Hill, one of them arranged for me to meet another Scottish birder that was living in SF. We chose the Marin Audubon society (MAS) at Las Gallinas for the visit. Arranging to be picked up at the Richmond BART, it reduced my travel time by about an hour to get to San Rafael. The first bird of the day, was before the treatment ponds, pulling over to a nice [B]Red-Shouldered Hawk[/B] on a streetlight. On seeing us, it moved further down the road onto a tree. Heading down the wrong road gave us an opportunity for an [B]Acorn Woodpecker[/B] storing acorns, before we turned round and head the correct way. The first bird of the official day was an [B]American Kestrel[/B] being harassed by [B]American Crows[/B]. We saw this when we got out the car and others were on it when we met the rest of the Group. [B]Great White Egret[/B] swiftly followed, with sleeping [B]Cinnamon Teal[/B] and[B] Green-Winged Teal[/B]. A female [B]Brewer’s Blackbird[/B] hid amongst [B]Eurasian Starlings[/B] on a wire, and a pair of [B]White-Tailed Kites[/B] were already hunting before perching together. The nearby [B]House Finches[/B] were checked for [B]Purple Finches[/B], and discussed the difference between the two. A [B]Yellow-Rumped Warbler[/B] was feeding from a palm tree and a [B]Say’s phoebe[/B] from a wire. A [B]River Otter[/B] swam around on the far side of the first pond, and [B]Pied Grebes[/B] were spotted (at different areas of the pond), as well as on a little island in the middle, [B]Mute Swans (brought in like the Starlings)[/B] and a [B]Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron[/B]. A group of 6 [B]Common Merganser[/B] was on the second pond, and the bushes at the side had both female and male [B]Red-Winged Blackbird[/B]. A [B]Northern Harrier[/B] sat on a field looking back at us. Going down the path between the second and third pond, a pair of [B]Eared Grebe[/B] were on the third pond with [B]Mew Gull[/B] and a [B]Californian Gull[/B] (okay, I was with Gull people so thought I would give something to the Gull readers) on a pipe on the second pond. A [B]Palm Warbler[/B] was spotted at the path beside the Solar Farm, although quickly disappeared before everyone got a look and with [B]Yellow-Rumped[/B] in the area and facing into the sun, it was hard to track. Returning back by the third pond to join the road next to the creek, a [B]Savannah Sparrow[/B] was seen perched on the fence. It was this sighting that allowed me to go back and identify the one I saw on Thanksgiving. Two [B]DC Cormorants[/B] chased off the [B]Gulls[/B], and one had a remarkable resemblance to [U]Tom Hanks[/U] (I will include this picture). A [B]Red-Tailed Hawk[/B] flew over, which the day would not seem to have been complete without. The last birds of the day were [B]Snowy Egret[/B] and [B]Great Blue Heron[/B] at the start of the ponds again. Afterwards, I went with a group for lunch at a diner, before one of the birders dropped me off at the BART station that I used on the Monday (long walk day), and I travelled back for the day. Tomorrow would be my last day in Berkeley as I moved onto to stay with a work colleague, who lives in Stockton, allowing for me to see some birds from the Central Valley. [I]Species Photographed (To be added)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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