I hit several areas at the north end of Hoover Reservoir (Oxbow , Plumb-Wiese Rd) and at the south end of Alum Creek Lake (Dam, Beach area) looking for migrants and strays.  No Franklin's Gulls, despite checks of flocks on both reservoirs; they might still be here, but I couldn't find any today.  What I did find was the first flush of diving duck migration, along with the last vestiges of landbird migration.  Plumb-Wiese and the Alum Creek Lake Dam were especially good in these regards.  Notables included:

Ducks - small flocks of Mallards and Ruddies were at Hoover and Alum.  Hoover also had 35-40 Hooded Mergansers around Oxbow, while Alum had small groups of Redhead and Lesser Scaup off the dam

Other waterfowl - no loons, but both had small groups of Horned Grebes, and Oxbow had 30+ Coots & 3 Cormorants

Shorebirds - still a few Killdeer at both reservoirs, and the north mudflats at Hoover had 8 Dunlin

Gulls - no Franklin's, but Bonaparte's were common at both reservoirs.  The beach flock at Alum had dwindled to 80+ birds, a mix of Herring, Ring-billed, and Bonies.

Flickers - small #s at every stop, but the Alum Creek Lake dam had 7-8.

BrownCreepers - 2 were along the shore at Plumb-Wiese, while the Alum Lake Dam had another

Kinglets - small #s of Golden-crowns at most stops; also had a Ruby-crown at Plumb-Wiese

Pipits - singles were at both Plumb-Wiese mudflats and along the beach at Alum Creek Lake

E.Bluebirds - small groups were flyovers at nearly every stop, continuing the tradition of being a late migrant here.

Waxwings - small flocks at nearly every stop, but at Plumb-Wiese the flock was 50+.

Warblers - nothing but Yellow-rumps, but they were widespread

Sparrows - Tree Sparrows were in small #s at Plumb-Wiese, the dam and the Visitor's Center area at Alum Creek Lake.  Otherwise, there was little other than the expected Songs, White-throats, and Juncos

Blackbirds - grackles in several spots.  Also had flyover flocks of Redwings and a few Rusty Blackbirds heading south along the shore at Plumb-Wiese

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