Sorry for the late posting here. On Monday 12/15 I did the Montebello OSP portion for the Palo Alto CBC. For a change it was a sunny and lovely day (last two years were bit of washouts up there) while the entire valley could be seen blanketed in dense cloud/fog.
The highlight was a LEWIS' WOODPECKER. It was at the first draw (forested gully) after you start climbing the Bella Vista Trail to Black Mountain summit. It flew from this draw to the next one up the trail but then came back to the same draw. First spotted it sitting on an exposed stump. It was silent and bit of luck that I spotted a bird-like shape on a exposed stump when I turned to look back at the tree-line of this draw. ebird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S288781880
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