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

Rufous-crowned sparrow

Western bluebird

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Aug 14, 2015
6:40 PM
Traveling
3.80 miles
110 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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9 California Quail
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
1 Hutton’s Vireo
1 Steller’s Jay
2 American Crow
21 Bushtit
1 House Wren
3 Bewick’s Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8 Wrentit
6 Western Bluebird
2 Swainson’s Thrush
1 California Thrasher
10 Spotted Towhee
1 Rufous-crowned Sparrow
16 California Towhee
3 Song Sparrow
15 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
3 House Finch
1 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 22

Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Aug 13, 2015
6:00 PM
Traveling
2.10 miles
63 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2 Western Wood-Pewee
1 Hutton’s Vireo
2 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
5 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
36 Bushtit
4 Bewick’s Wren
1 Wrentit
3 Western Bluebird
4 Spotted Towhee
9 California Towhee
11 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
2 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 16

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Aug 12, 2015
5:48 PM
Traveling
3.75 miles
132 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 California Quail
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
4 White-throated Swift
9 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 hummingbird sp.
4 Acorn Woodpecker
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
5 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
2 American Crow
2 Common Raven
23 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
15 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
10 Pygmy Nuthatch
6 Brown Creeper
5 Bewick’s Wren
8 Wrentit
2 Wilson’s Warbler
4 Spotted Towhee
6 California Towhee
4 Song Sparrow
16 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

Number of Taxa: 28

Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Aug 11, 2015
6:17 PM
Traveling
3.00 miles
78 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
2 Anna’s Hummingbird
2 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 Western Wood-Pewee
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
3 Steller’s Jay
1 Western Scrub-Jay
4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Pygmy Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
5 Bewick’s Wren
3 Wrentit
6 Spotted Towhee
4 California Towhee
1 Song Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
2 Purple Finch
1 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 22

Dark-eyed Junco (juvenile)

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Aug 10, 2015
5:34 PM
Traveling
3.60 miles
148 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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3 California Quail
1 Red-tailed Hawk
7 Mourning Dove
14 Anna’s Hummingbird
3 Rufous Hummingbird
3 Acorn Woodpecker
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
1 Hutton’s Vireo
7 Steller’s Jay
6 Western Scrub-Jay
3 Common Raven
15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
17 Bushtit
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Pygmy Nuthatch
6 Brown Creeper
4 Bewick’s Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10 Wrentit
1 California Thrasher
1 Wilson’s Warbler
6 Spotted Towhee
8 California Towhee
3 Song Sparrow
45 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
6 House Finch
3 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 29

Hayward Regional Shoreline–Winton Ave. access and parking area Aug 9, 2015
12:15 PM
Traveling
2.60 miles
140 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Snowy Egret
4 Semipalmated Plover
X Willet
7 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
15 Long-billed Curlew
X Marbled Godwit
X Least Sandpiper
X Western Sandpiper
1 Wilson’s Phalarope
5 Ring-billed Gull
2 gull sp.
5 Least Tern
6 Forster’s Tern
2 Mourning Dove
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher
4 Black Phoebe
X Barn Swallow
X Cliff Swallow
14 Bushtit
1 Song Sparrow
14 Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
X House Finch
1 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 24

Wildcat Canyon Regional Park–Alvarado Park section
Aug 8, 2015
6:30 PM
Traveling
2.20 miles
84 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.0.0 Build 2

2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Mourning Dove
1 Nuttall’s Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Black Phoebe
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher
2 Warbling Vireo — Parent with fledgling
3 Steller’s Jay
2 Western Scrub-Jay
3 Common Raven
10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
11 Bushtit
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper
2 House Wren
3 Bewick’s Wren
4 Wrentit
25 Western Bluebird
2 Wilson’s Warbler
4 Spotted Towhee
7 California Towhee
4 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
21 House Finch
1 Lesser Goldfinch

Number of Taxa: 24