As I drove down Fortini at 8:30 this morning I heard the call of a BULLOCKS ORIOLE. I stopped and found a bright orange and black male high in a Sycamore. A WHITE TAILED KITE pair was perched on snags here and some WESTERN BLUEBIRDS were along the wire.
I birded north or west along the Calero Creek trail and shocked when a vocalizing PILEATED WOODPECKER flew in from the orchard and into a tall Valley Oak along the creek. I couldn't find it in the tree but after some prompting it flew out towards the Santa Teresa Hills and disappeared. A LARK SPARROW was singing in a small tree here.
Our neighborhood WHITE TAILED KITE attracted a mate the day after I reported it but she disappeared later the same day. He's still atop the same tree but not calling as much. photo
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