Nice! The only observation I had of note last night ( right before dark) was a
coyote crossing the mudflat on the south playa.
Sheri Anderson
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On May 6, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks for the report, Bill! It sounds like a wonderful evening!
Jennifer
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On May 5, 2021, at 10:32 PM, WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Around 7 pm I took a slow walk up and down the dike, east side of the
arboretum, and culvert 2. I was surprised to see a flock of ten late season
Cedar Waxwings. They flew from the arboretum to the dike—I then saw a
number of scattered waxwings along the dike, but I'm assuming they were the
same ones.
Others:
1 Bronzed Cowbird
1 Green-Tailed Towhee (bathing in the bullfrog pool that is what remains of
"the marsh.")
2 Bullocks Orioles
1 Ladder Backed Woodpecker
5 Chipping Sparrows
1 White Crowned Sparrow
1 Lesser Goldfinch
1 Northern Waterthrush (at Culvert 2, likely the same one Joe saw this
morning)
1 White Crowned Sparrow
1 unidentified sparrow (looked like Clay-Colored, but it was too shady to
make it out clearly)
1 Black Chinned Hummingbird
1 Whosis. (Upper foliage, busy, seemed like a vireo; overall grayish,
rather pale eye-ring, faint stripes on chest. Very faint.)
AND, the best imitation of a yellowthroat I have ever seen, performed by a
piece of colored paper hung up on a twig.
What a lovely day today. I mean in general: even without any birds, I just
loved gazing up at the leaves lightly tossing in the wind.
Cheers,
Bill Wenthe