Pacific Ring-necked Snake

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve (restoration area)
Aug 28, 2015
5:45 PM
Traveling
1.50 miles
81 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

1 Band-tailed Pigeon
3 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
1 Warbling Vireo
6 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
16 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
3 Bushtit
1 Brown Creeper
2 Bewick’s Wren
5 Wrentit
1 Swainson’s Thrush
1 American Robin
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Wilson’s Warbler
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
7 Song Sparrow
6 California Towhee
1 Spotted Towhee
4 House Finch
5 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 22

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Aug 27, 2015
6:08 PM
Traveling
3.85 miles
120 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

24 California Quail
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Mourning Dove
8 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Hutton’s Vireo
6 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
8 Bushtit
7 Red-breasted Nuthatch
10 Pygmy Nuthatch
5 Brown Creeper
4 Bewick’s Wren
8 Wrentit
2 American Robin
1 California Thrasher
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
8 California Towhee
5 Spotted Towhee
4 House Finch
2 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 27

Garlon

Hutton’s Vireo

Western Bluebird

Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Aug 25, 2015
5:13 PM
Traveling
3.40 miles
134 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

1 California Quail
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
3 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2 Western Wood-Pewee
5 Hutton’s Vireo
5 Steller’s Jay
5 Western Scrub-Jay
12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6 Oak Titmouse
30 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
8 Bewick’s Wren
8 Wrentit
6 Western Bluebird
1 California Thrasher
1 Townsend’s Warbler
6 Wilson’s Warbler
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
8 Song Sparrow
9 California Towhee
8 Spotted Towhee
2 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 29

California Slender Salamander (ER)

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Aug 24, 2015
5:45 PM
Traveling
3.70 miles
143 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper’s Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
4 Mourning Dove
15 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Rufous Hummingbird
2 Acorn Woodpecker
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
1 Hutton’s Vireo
7 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
3 American Crow
1 Common Raven
15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6 Bushtit
7 Red-breasted Nuthatch
8 Pygmy Nuthatch
10 Brown Creeper
8 Bewick’s Wren
8 Wrentit
3 American Robin
1 California Thrasher
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Wilson’s Warbler
23 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
4 Song Sparrow
13 California Towhee
6 Spotted Towhee
4 House Finch
2 Purple Finch
6 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 35

Northern Shoveler

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

EBMUD–Valle Vista Staging Area (permit required)
Aug 23, 2015
8:15 AM
Traveling
1.80 miles
154 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

26 Canada Goose
3 Wood Duck
10 Gadwall
19 Mallard
1 Northern Shoveler
3 California Quail
4 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Caspian Tern
16 Band-tailed Pigeon
8 Mourning Dove
10 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 hummingbird sp.
2 Belted Kingfisher
11 Acorn Woodpecker
4 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 American Kestrel
3 Black Phoebe
4 Steller’s Jay
10 Western Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
4 Violet-green Swallow
14 Barn Swallow
3 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Oak Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
7 Bewick’s Wren
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5 Wrentit
1 American Robin
1 California Thrasher
X European Starling
1 Wilson’s Warbler
16 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
2 Song Sparrow
15 California Towhee
11 Spotted Towhee
1 Hooded Oriole
26 House Finch
1 Purple Finch
16 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 46

Pacific-slope flycatcher

US-CA-Martinez-Briones Regional Park – 37.9638x-122.1411
Aug 22, 2015
12:55 PM
Traveling
2.75 miles
124 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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20 California Quail
3 Turkey Vulture
3 Mourning Dove
3 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
2 Black Phoebe
1 Hutton’s Vireo
6 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6 Oak Titmouse
10 Bushtit
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Bewick’s Wren
6 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 California Towhee
2 Spotted Towhee
7 House Finch
X Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 23

Spotted Towhee w/missing feathers

Cliff Swallow (35 attempts)

California Quail

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Aug 21, 2015
5:53 PM
Traveling
2.90 miles
140 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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24 California Quail
1 Red-tailed Hawk
7 Band-tailed Pigeon
4 Mourning Dove
2 Great Horned Owl
11 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Acorn Woodpecker
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 Steller’s Jay
1 Western Scrub-Jay
1 Cliff Swallow
9 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Oak Titmouse
12 Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 Pygmy Nuthatch
6 Brown Creeper
6 Bewick’s Wren
10 Wrentit
2 American Robin
1 California Thrasher
2 Wilson’s Warbler
29 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
5 Song Sparrow
12 California Towhee
7 Spotted Towhee
1 Western Tanager
2 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 30

Cassin’s Vireo

Tilden Regional Park–Vollmer Peak
Aug 17, 2015
6:30 PM
Traveling
1.90 miles
67 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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2 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Cassin’s Vireo
1 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
3 Common Raven
11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
8 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Pygmy Nuthatch
3 Bewick’s Wren
1 Wrentit
1 American Robin
8 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 Song Sparrow
0 California Towhee
7 Spotted Towhee
1 House Finch
3 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 17

American Redstart

Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle?

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Wandering Tattler

Fort Mason Park
Aug 16, 2015
7:40 AM
Traveling
1.54 miles
280 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Brandt’s Cormorant
1 Double-crested Cormorant
23 Brown Pelican
1 Snowy Egret
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Wandering Tattler
1 Black Turnstone
7 Western Gull
5 Caspian Tern
7 Elegant Tern
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove
1 Mourning Dove
2 Vaux’s Swift — Flyover at battery
14 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Red-masked Parakeet
1 Western Wood-Pewee
3 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
4 Black Phoebe
2 Ash-throated Flycatcher — 1 in brambles against wall at storefront, another at battery 4 Western Scrub-Jay
X American Crow
X Barn Swallow
6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
X Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Bewick’s Wren
6 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
X European Starling
1 American Redstart — Continuing male at battery
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Wilson’s Warbler
X White-crowned Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
8 California Towhee
5 Western Tanager
3 Black-headed Grosbeak — All at battery, seen together
1 Bullock’s Oriole
X House Finch
X Lesser Goldfinch
X House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 43

Western Bluebird

QuadCopter

Tilden Regional Park–Inspiration Pt.
Aug 15, 2015
6:30 PM
Traveling
2.00 miles
66 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

A couple was flying a drone (black quadcopter) from the parking lot over EBMUD property. Called EBPRD to ask whether that was legal. “No, it’s not legal anywhere in the EBRPD system.” Reading EBMUD (see reg below), the same appears to apply.

We provided description of the couple and car (black 2014 Honda Accord with Virginia license plate) and EBRPD said they would send an officer. We continued birding and shortly thereafter (likely unrelated to the call) the drone landed. I hoped it stopped because the operator’s camera locked onto me while I was filming it.

Of note was the moment the quadcopter left the ground, two ravens flew out of a tree 50 feet away and headed south. We’ve seen ravens in the lot each time we park there. They live there. Their reaction was immediate. The quadcopter was still loud and unmistakable 500 feet away.

3 California Quail
1 Mourning Dove
1 Anna’s Hummingbird
4 Western Scrub-Jay
2 Common Raven
4 Barn Swallow
10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6 Bushtit
7 Pygmy Nuthatch
2 Bewick’s Wren
4 Wrentit
12 Western Bluebird
9 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
1 Song Sparrow
2 California Towhee
4 Lesser Goldfinch
2 American Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 17