Friday late afternoon we spent a few hours walking on the Coyote Creek Trail. Tom tried out his new recording equipment and I shot pictures of birds. Very harmonious parallel activities for us. There were some beautiful Bullock's Orioles, woodpeckers, jays, hawks - all the usuals. The 2 redtail nests and the kite nest were all occupied.
Saturday we started at Calaveras Reservoir and the bald eagles gave us a great show. There was an adult on the nest and the 2 chicks were far more active than we expected. I had seen pictures of fuzzy heads sticking up above the nest line, but we had one chick just jumping and moving all around the nest and a second less active chick popped up from time to time also. The other adult showed up at one point and landed on the other tower and the 2 adults called to each other. Tom got some great recordings from the reservoir area, and we saw lots of other birds. We both are recognizing more and more birds "by ear".
After the reservoir we went to Ed Levin Park where I was hoping to see the Calliope Hummingbird that has been seen there daily for the last several weeks. I again did not see it, but it was a lovely day to be out at the park. I did see many Anna's Hummingbirds and also a Rufous male. Got some nice pictures of some male and female Anna's. Pictures from lately are in this set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkperson/sets/72157623875365558/
Sunday we drove down to Point Lobos and had a great hike. Beautiful weather, very blue water, tons of wild flowers, and the most delicious aroma of artemesia everywhere. The harbor seals have pups and there were many moms and pups laying out on rocks together or swimming together in the water.
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