Date: 10/12/24 2:52 pm From: Matthew Dodder via groups.io <mdodder...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Coyote Creek Trail on bicycles
Cricket and I rode our bikes along the Coyote Creek Trail beginning at Coyote Creek Golf Drive from Monterey Hwy. We headed southeast along the trail and turned around at the Anderson Lake County Park Live Oak Picnic Area (a pleasant 11-mile round trip). We ended up with 51 species.
The Ogier Ponds were almost entirely devoid of Waterfowl except for one pond below the entrance road for the model airplane strip. There we found three RING-NECKED DUCKS (two males and a female), a few RUDDY DUCK and dozens of GADWALL. We flushed up one WILSON’S SNIPE from the edge of the pond. There were good numbers YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, WHITE-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, a few LINCOLN’S SPARROWS but otherwise, little migrant activity. Probably the best discover was a large group of WOOD DUCKS in the creek at the Live Oak Picnic area. A conservative count was 12 individuals, but we both believed there were more up and down from that location. Visibility was not great in the areas that seemed the best habitat for that species.
Matthew
Don’t miss the SCVBA Speaker Series this Wednesday!
Bar-tailed Godwits: A Personal History of Excessive Flying
Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance Speaker Series welcomes
JESSE CONKLIN
Wednesday, October 16 at 7:00 PM (via zoom)
In this talk, Jesse Conklin will discuss how his own career in ornithology, including 18 years of research on Alaska-breeding Bar-tailed Godwits, has been irreparably entwined with the quest to understand just how far a bird can fly. Jesse will discuss how our understanding of the godwits’ incredible trans-Pacific migration has evolved over time with advancements in tracking technology, and how much we still don’t know.
Matthew Dodder (he/him)
Executive Director
Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance
22221 McClellan Rd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-252-3748
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