Of course there are birds here, and I’ve taken pictures of a couple. Bird numbers are high, but I’ve not seen very many different species so far. There are a ton of tree swallows, who like to pick up insects from the lake. Also common are grey catbird, yellow warbler, common yellowthroat, house wren, barn swallow, cliff swallow, and American robin.
There are a bunch of nestboxes here on fences and phone poles. I don’t think anyone’s doing anything with them now but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were part of a research project in the past- maybe David Winkler’s work on tree swallows, since he’s a Cornell guy (I took ornithology from him!) and since the boxes are primarily occupied by tree swallows. One of the boxes close to the chicken coop is occupied by a pair of eastern bluebirds: here’s a couple of pictures of the male:
And, here’s some of those tree swallows:
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I love swallows. too fast to take pics of and I’m not sure what kind of swallows we have in foster city?
you have some great bird pics here!!!
did I mention lately that we miss you?
when will you be back here?
I’m flying back August 12. Maybe we can meet up somewhere for lunch that week, since the kitchen will be closed (boohoo!). Miss you guys too!
yep - we need to meet when you come back so we can get the full report of your adventure!