American Kestrel with a rodent
Yesterday we returned to one of our winter weather coping methods, birding from the van. Checking back on e-Bird I discovered that since 2019 we have been making trips on Livermore Road to look for birds. Here is an interesting Blog Post from November 2020. Livermore Road is located just north of the popular Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge and serves as a connecting road between Bethel Rd. on the north and Smithfield Rd on the South. Using the van, which sits up high and has a very large windshield gives us great views and the opportunity to do our birding in a dry and warm environment. We were motivated yesterday to go to Livermore Road and search for a pair of Sandhill Cranes that were reported the day before. We zeroed out on finding that rare migrating species but enjoyed an afternoon drive having the road to ourselves which made stopping to look and photograph birds easy. This was the last dry day before the rain got serious.
Killdeer peeking out of its hiding place
Brewer's Blackbirds were seen in large flocks.
To see our complete e-Bird Observation list for the day click here.
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