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No volunteer commitments today, thus I took advantage and did some pleasure
birding.

I began with a quick stop at Oxbow Road to check for the American White
Pelican. As recently reported, a single American White Pelican is still present
at the north end of Hoover Reservoir. I located the individual on the east
shore  just north of the Eastshore Yacht Club. It could be seen easily from the
end of  Oxbow Road. Also at Oxbow Road were high numbers of Yellow-rumped
Warblers  (20-30), and a single Palm Warbler, a single American Restart,
Golden-crowned  and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and a few Brown Creepers.

I later visited the pine groves behind the HQ Building off Old State Road  at
Alum Creek Park. The trees here took major hits from the recent wind storm
and the area almost has a different look to it. I circled the trails and found
constant and varied activity. The area was crawling with Ruby-crowned
Kinglets  and I saw approximately 30 individuals. A little pishing brought several in
to  within a few feet of me. These little guys are all personality. There
were  lesser numbers of Golden-crowned Kniglets, a few Brown Creepers. I was
hoping to  locate some Pine Siskins as they are being reported everywhere, but no
luck. I  located 2 Barred Owls in the north section and a Great Horned Owl in
the south  section. Yellow-rumped Warblers were common and everywhere, but
during the  looping of the trails. As I was heading back toward the car my final
surprise  was 6 Wild Turkeys in the area off the side of the trail. If I
hadn't dropped  the pencil I use for field notes I would have missed them. I'll
take the day as  we will not have too many more this nice.

Charlie Bombaci


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