Date: 6/29/25 6:34 am
From: Ryan L. via groups.io <ryanbirding...>
Subject: [southbaybirds] Field Notes: Grant CP - Ranch House Area, June 28, 2025
Yesterday, fourteen birders braved the heat at Joseph D. Grant county park on a Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance field trip led by me with Eve Meier. We started at the Green Barn parking lot and followed the road to Stockman’s Picnic area. A flock of female Wild Turkeys with poults crossed our path. A White-tailed Kite perched at the top of a sycamore for good looks. We observed two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers harassing a California Scrub-jay until it left. We suspected they were defending a next. We found one Lesser Goldfinch pair building a nest and copulating. Grant Loop and Hotel Trail were quite silent in the mid-morning. We couldn’t identify one bird in the field but after reviewing photos we believe it’s a juvenile Lazuli Bunting. The rose garden fountain was not running and we didn’t observe any birds there. Along the creek we heard Warbling Vireo, Western Flycatcher, and saw one Cassin’s Vireo. We ended with 40 species by 11:15am.

eBird Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S254966256
Self-guided field trip: https://scvbirdalliance.org/self-guided-birding/joseph-d-grant-county-park





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