My wife and I had spent one day in San Jose looking for accommodation on April 30th and ran into both Nuttall's Woodpecker and California Towhee while doing so. We even had a Vaux's Swift at the airport when I arrived after work on Friday 29th.
We visited a new part of the San Francisco Bay NWR, in Milpitas on Saturday May 21st. We had chosen this part of the bay because of mentions of a Barn Owl next box, and found this and a bird inside quickly on the reserve. Our walk around one of the bay trails was a noisy one with Black-necked Stilts reacting to our presence and Song Sparrows singing everywhere.We ran into a flock of Bushtits as we returned to the car park.
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| Song Sparrow |
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| American White Pelican |
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| Black-necked Stilt |
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| Barn Owl |
Later that day we drove up to Livermore and stopped Shadow Cliffs Regional Park where the most interesting bird was a Canada x Greater White-fronted Goose:
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| Canada x Greater White-fronted Goose |
The park also hosted a breeding colony of Double-crested Cormorants
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| Double-crested Cormorants |
On Tuesday May 31st I walked around Lake Cunningham hoping to add a couple of more species before leaving for Europe. I had a pair of Chestnut-backed Chickadees soon after I left the car and a Purple Finch in the trees most ways around the loop. Then having given up hope of seeing one a Green Heron flew in from across the lake and landed close by.
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| Green Heron |
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