Date: 10/12/25 8:37 pm From: Vicki Silvas-Young via groups.io <mrnngwrblr...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] SCVBA Centennial Field Trip to Lake Cunningham
Apologies to all......not a Hermit Warbler, but a Hermit Thrush. Still a
nice day
Vicki
On Sun, Oct 12, 2025, 4:06 PM Vicki Silvas-Young <mrnngwrblr...>
wrote:
> Good afternoon, South Bay Birders,
>
> With great anticipation, Sarah Chan and I met to lead the SCVBA Centennial
> field trip around Lake Cunningham on a bit of a chilly autumn day.
> Forty-five species delighted us with Great-tailed Grackles finally
> finishing up their moult and looking pretty spiffy; a seldom seen Common
> Yellowthroat making an appearance, adding to the celebration; a bunch of
> Green Herons brought their buddies, a proud group of American White
> Pelicans; White-crowned Sparrows and variously plumaged Yellow-rumped
> Warblers chorused all day long with a Golden-crowned Sparrow finally
> chiming in; a Northern Mockingbird along with some Spotted Towhees and a
> Hermit Warbler showed up a bit late to the party, looking like they
> celebrated heavily last night; many, many California Gulls with a couple of
> American Herring Gulls sneaking in with them; and the Bird-of-the-Day award
> goes to the Virginia Rail, also showing up late while skulking in the
> cattails. The surprise of the day was an Eared Grebe popping up from a
> dive about 15 feet from us!
> The day really warmed up a lot so we went home to cool off. Many thanks
> to Sarah for keeping the eBird list today.......and here it is eBird
> Checklist - 12 Oct 2025 - Lake Cunningham - 45 species (+1 other taxa)
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S279026562> > As always, keep birding,
> Vicki
>
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