Date: 5/22/26 11:55 pm From: Scott Smithson via groups.io <wscottsmithson...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Ed Levin - nest building Blue Grosbeaks
Hi all, James Terrell and I observed a pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS on the Agua Caliente Trail at the sharp turn where there is the little drainage with sycamores, just above the dog park in the Sandy Wool section of Ed Levin Park. The female grosbeak twice carried nesting material into a thick thistle patch right next to the trail. This location is far enough away from the Blue Grosbeaks being reported from the Calero Creek Trail to likely be another pair.
Last Saturday May 16, in the same general area on the Agua Caliente Trail, the West Coast Birding class from Palo Alto Adult School had great looks at a male Lazuli Bunting, but that bird was either silent or not present today.
Other breeding birds of note on our hike were multiple RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS, one singing LARK SPARROW, two singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, and a pair of SAY’S PHOEBES nesting in the old barn.
There was also a singing YELLOW WARBLER in a pepper tree close to the dog park.
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