Date: 3/18/26 3:45 pm From: Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier...> Subject: [southbaybirds] SCVBA Field Trip to Coyote Lake
Hi Everyone!
Today Edward Rooks, Bill Albrets and I led a SCVBA field trip at Coyote Lake, one of my favorites! Highlights at the campground were watching the pair of *Oak Titmice* working on their nest in the valley oak in the parking lot, watching the very gangly *Great Blue Herons* land at their nesting site and seeing them on their nests, finding the *Red-breasted Sapsuckers* in the peppertrees (and other trees), and watching the *Double-crested Cormorants* trying to cool down in the heat. At the dam, the highlights were the *Bald Eagle *on the nest, the *White-throated Swifts* zipping above us and the surprise pair of *Wood Ducks*. Several pairs of grebes, mostly *Western Grebes*, were "rushing" across the water. After the trip, the *Rock Wren *showed itself. We never did see the Canyon Wren (my third try)!
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