Bald Eagle: Amanda Newlove
April 24:
Team Almaden Eagles completed our Birdathon day on Friday, April 24. We are a distributed 24-hour team of eight women, birding all over the Almaden Valley.
A very special THANK YOU to everyone in this awesome group: Ann V., Kirsten, Linda S., Marion, Brooke, Janna, and Bobbie for their fundraising and birding efforts!
We had 115 species in total!
Here's our eBird trip report for the day: https://ebird.org/tripreport/504910
Some notable finds of the day: Janna found our namesake Eagles - a pair of GOLDEN EAGLES to be precise. Linda found a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER at SCVWD. More than one WOOD DUCK was spotted: Marion at Los Capitancillos ponds and Kristen finding a Wood duck with several young at Chesbro Reservoir. Ann had our group's only MERLIN at Greystone Park. Brooke saw a pair of BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDs at Calero Creek Trail. Several of our lovely arriving migrating birds were found by multiple members of our group: LAZULI BUNTING, WESTERN TANAGER, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK.
I enjoyed hearing many singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER up on Mt Um area! (Wood Rd trail and Woods trail) and watching the male Wild Turkeys puffing up and displaying. Spring is here!!