Date: 7/13/25 5:06 pm From: Connor Christensen via groups.io <connor.r.christensen...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Summer Birding at Lake Almaden SCVBA Trip 7/13/25
We had a wonderful morning birding at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. Our trip began from the Winfield Parking lot, where a Tree Swallow was visiting a nestbox to feed its young. Next, we scanned the rookery, which was full of young Snowy and Great Egrets waiting to be fed. The juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons were difficult to spot in the reeds, and there was also a Green Heron and a straggler juvenile Great-blue Heron skulking around the edges of the island.
The unexpected treat of this trip was the Scaly-breasted Munias who we watched flying back and forth carrying nesting material along the east side of the lake. After enjoying that, we made our way back down the Los Alamitos Creek, where we spotted Spotted Towhees, Warbling Vireos, and Ash-throated Flycatchers. With the help of everyone in the group, we put together a very impressive list, ending up with 47 species. Here is a link to the checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S259622422.
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