Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7MFv7V02302 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:57:07 -0700 Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7MFv6s23876 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hppav.stanford.edu (DNab42a5c7.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.199]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7MFv4E23872 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]] > X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:58:46 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Patty Ciesla <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] hooded orioles still in LAH, + other notes Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Howdy folks, I still have one pair of Hooded Orioles at the humbird feeders today, 8/22, in Los Altos Hills. The female hasn't grown out her new tail feathers - there are 4 or 5 that are about 1/2 to 1 inch shorter than the rest. She also has lots of downy bits poking out below her wings. Earlier in the summer we had two males and at least two females+young. Our Chestnut-backed Chickadees have really been getting a lot out of the nectar too. It seems we have a half-dozen who feed on it regularly. I occasionally find small oil sunflower seeds in the bottom of the feeders when I refill. I assume the chickadees are trading seeds for juice. Our CA Quail covey is growing. Last winter we would regularly have ~25 birds feeding at once. During the heat of the summer I never saw more than about 10 together, usually more like 5 or 6 total. The group has now grown to about 15 as of this morning. We have had one or two Band-tailed Pigeons along with the CA Quail and Mourning Dove pair at the ground seeds for the last couple of weeks. We are at about 800' elevation. The Stellar's Jay population has grown from 4 to about 8 this year. The Great-horned Owls managed to fledge one chick from our yard this year. This chick had a very similar branching call as last year's batch: "WraaAckh!" Interestingly, I found another branchling and parent about 3/4 mile away, in Byrne Preserve. This chick had a very different call, more like a cat with a stepped-on tail: "WrEEeeow!". No chick from the Red-tail Hawk nest. This is the third year in a row they've failed. I wonder if they will catch on and move the nest out of the Eucalyptus. Other summer residents seen daily in the yard included Dark-eyed Junco, CA Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Wren-tit, Black Phoebe, Scrub Jay, Oak Titmouse, Anna's Hummingbird, Acorn Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Purple Finch, Barn Swallow. Patty Ciesla Los Altos Hills Page Mill Road at Foothills Park Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [63.70.210.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7MNUXV11770 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:30:33 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-2 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7);); Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:28:26 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 2a12fa22-b688-11d4-a6a1-00508bfc9626 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA26241 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:30: 32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id g7MNUW1Z016651 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:30:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:30:06 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-WSS-ID: 117BAC10316398-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: An afternoon walk at the Sunnyvale Sewage Ponds produced 53 FORSTER'S TERNS in the area, but no Common or Black. The gulls on the levee were joined by 3 WESTERNS. The algae mat is all but gone. Yesterday I ran into Linda Sullivan and Peggy Don at State and Spreckles, where they had the STILT SANDPIPER staked out. Mike Mammoser Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7N2IsV14587 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:18:55 -0700 Received: from c363625c ([12.234.153.203]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020823021850.VOEV11061.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@c363625c> for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 02:18:50 +0000 Message-ID: <004501c24a4b$acf78360$[[email protected]]> From: "Peggy L. Don" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:20:39 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Looking for the Stilt Sandpiper, Ruff, etc. Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: SBBers - Wednesday, August 21, 2002, Linda Sullivan and I headed out to New Chicago Marsh in quest of the Stilt Sandpiper, the Ruff and other goodies. Shorebirds were scarce there so we turned our attention to the pond at State & Spreckles. The lighting in the morning looking southeast wasn't ideal so we went over to State Street to continue our search. The dowitchers in various plumages were sleeping. There were yellowlegs aplenty, more than I have seen congregated in one area before. As we scanned the pond we gained a good perspective of the size differential between the dowitchers and LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Unable to find anything unusual we went over to EEC. While having lunch we heard a loud, croaking call nearby. We followed the call and spotted a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT before it flew. After lunch we scanned the horizon over the dump and saw about a dozen turkey vultures soaring. A largish bird flew from there in our direction. As we watched it we realized that it was a GOLDEN EAGLE. We then looked for the young Black Skimmer on the first island. It blends in very well with the ground but Linda spotted it. Its tail feathers look rather disheveled. There were 4 adult BLACK SKIMMERs easily in view, two on the island and two just beyond. We returned to peruse the pond at State & Spreckles. Most of the dowitchers were still sleeping. Or did they awake and go back to sleep in our absence? There was a little more activity amongst the yellowlegs so we continued to study them in detail and added the LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERs to our studies. We were about ready to call it a day when I found the STILT SANDPIPER foraging in the southwestern part of the pond. A minute later, as if on cue, Mike Mammoser showed up to confirm the sighting. Shortly thereafter Mike left and we continued watching it forage. Then the sandpiper moved quickly to dry land and added itself to the sleeping population. Linda had a new yearly county bird (I had seen it previously on Sunday.) but the Ruff proved too "tuff" for us to find yesterday. Good birding, Peggy Don