BirdLodges.com goes bird watching on Mother's Day:
And a beautiful morning it was. Cloudy with sprinkles and no wind. Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore, CA is home to a variety of wildlife. Along the Arroyo Del Valle you might see frogs, pond turtles, dragonflies, ducks or even muskrats. In addition to this riparian area there are grassland and oak woodland habitats. Deer, ground squirrels, butterflies, lizards and birds such as red-tail hawks, white-tail kites, scrub jays, magpies and meadowlarks are just few of the animals you might spot in these areas. www.larpd.dst.ca.us/open_space/sycamore.html
Birds observed:
Wood Duck
Turkey Vulture
White Tailed Kite
Red-Shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Acorn Woodpecker
Ash-Throated Flycatcher
Scrub Jay
Plain Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Wren
European Starling
Lesser Goldfinch
This park is full of oak, eucalyptus and sycamore trees with many snags and holes for birds to use for nests. For those who would like to provide habitat for wild birds, BirdLodges.com offers birdhouses for wood ducks, kestrels, woodpeckers, flycatchers, titmouse, nuthatches, wrens and many more.
The next bird watching trip is Sunday, May 16 at 2:00 in Veteran's Park, Livermore, CA.
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