Date: 1/28/25 1:19 pm From: janna pauser via groups.io <jannapauser...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Horned Larks, Pipits and Wood Ducks.
This morning I birded along the Calero Creek trail from Harry Road. I
flushed six WOOD DUCKS a short way along the trail after hearing their
call. Past the orchard along the open fields and before the Stile Ranch
trailhead I had a large flock of 50 HORNED LARKS on the short green
grass. I didn't notice them until they all flew up and resettled further
along. They repeated this feeding habit until a PEREGRINE flushed them,
dividing the group. Horned Larks and Pipits were common here in the past
when the grass was the right height for their foraging.
Six AM. PIPITS were on the utility wires along Fortini Road.
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