Kaia's 1st blog:
Yesterday we visited the SF Bay Bird Observatory at the Coyote Creek Field Station in Milpitas. It's where they collect birds and record data like how old the birds are, how much they weigh, and whether it's a female or a male. They also put bracelet bands on the bird's leg to keep track of it.
While we were there, we saw 5 birds who had been caught in the nets, bagged and then banded. One bird got caught in the net while we were there, and we watched Josh take it out. It had already been banded 2 years earlier.
Here are the names of some of the birds that we saw:
Downey woodpecker
Bush tit (the smallest one)
Orange house finch
Common yellow throat (warbler)
Great horned owl! (It flew over us after we woke it up!)
Mockingbird
I liked when we were in the shadowy part of the watershed where all the trees were low and together in one part and then sunny and open in another part. My favorite bird was the woodpecker. Mari's favorite bird was the scrub jay; she found two jay feathers. I found an owl feather.
