Date: 4/19/25 12:55 pm From: Ryan L. via groups.io <ryanbirding...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Hellyer CP - 4/19/25
I visited Hellyer County Park in San Jose this morning. The weather started out cool and overcast. Birds started to become active around 9:15am. By 11am the skies were mostly clear. Coyote Creek still has water but doesn’t appear to be flowing quickly. Cottonwood Lake was quite full.
Spring highlights included:
- Singing Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee
- Pair of Nuttall’s Woodpeckers near the lake
- Recent arrivals of Brown-headed Cowbird and Western Flycatcher
- Yellow-rumped Warbler and Spotted Sandpiper in breeding plumage
- Juvenile Dark-eyed Junco and Western Bluebird
- Black-crowned Night Heron and Great Egret in the creek
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