Rambling Around Stow Lake III - Perching Birds

As mentioned in my prior posts here and here, I went on a birding walk around Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park on May 10, 2008 followed by an early morning walk on May 15, 2008. In addition to the fabulous great blue herons, other waterfowl and turtles described previously, I saw several perching birds. The male brewer's blackbird hid in a shrub by the walking trail at Stow Lake with its characteristic shining bright yellow eyes. The adult black phoebe lingered on a branch near its mud nest under a bridge across to Strawberry Hill at Stow Lake and dipped its long tail very quickly.

Male brewer's blackbird (euphagus cyanocephalus)

Adult black phoebe (sayornis nigricans)