While hiking on Mt. Diablo today with Leslie, Carol and Pamela we came upon a Varied Thrush which while common, most of us have never noticed. It was located in the Rock City area of the park.
Also on a side note while hiking from Sunol Regional Park to Mission Peak last Friday I saw at least twenty Yellow Billed Magpie's up in the area of Sunol where it becomes Mission Peak Regional Park. What I feel is significant here is that ten years ago or more, when I hiked in Sunol you saw lots of Magpie's but for the last several years there have not been any and if you wanted to see this bird you had to go over to the Livermore area. By seeing these twenty maybe they are making a comeback in the Sunol area. I hope so and they are nice to see.
