From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Dec 17 19:22:42 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBI3KHoM009129 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:20:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBI3JKwO009086 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:19:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from rahul ([64.169.18.242]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built Oct 18 2002)) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:19:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:18:55 -0800 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: Peninsula-Birding <[[email protected]]>, South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Subject: [SBB] Menlo Park/Atherton CBC Highlights X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hello Birders, I assisted Garth Harwood in covering Area 3 for the Palo Alto CBC. My coverage included the Menlo Oaks area of Menlo Park, including the Peninsula School; St. Patricks' Seminary (with permission); Flood Park; the Willows and San Francisquito Creek between Middlefield and 101; Menlo-Atherton High School and Encinal School. I got a late start due to lack of power, but following the post-school dispersal of the juveniles, I got underway around 8:30am. Garth collected data at 3pm. He covered a larger area, and I don't know all of his sightings, but I will mention the ones I know. (He had to saw through downed trees to even be part of the count!) I was surprised that with 6 hours of birding, I only saw 35 species. I had to work hard to make sure that species I knew were in the area got included. Hardest Birds: ---------------- Western Bluebird at Encinal School (a male has been there recently; Garth found 2 more at Burgess Park) Hutton's Vireo, Menlo Oaks (our yard, actually) White-breasted Nuthatch (ditto, thank goodness for the peanut feeder) California Quail, pair in Lindenwood area of Atherton (missed the ones near Laurel School) California Thrashers, 2 in St. Patrick's Seminary (missed the Peninsula School ones as kids were at school) Hermit Thrush - San Francisquito Creek on Woodland; I had to pish it across the creek to our count area! Northern Flickers - St. Pat's Townsend's Warblers (4) - Atherton, Flood Park, Menlo Oaks, St. Pat's Sharp-shinned Hawk - Menlo Oaks and M-A High School (assumed same bird) 2 Red-tailed Hawks - never ceases to amaze me how they adjust to civilization Missed: Brown Creeper (has been regular in our oak trees) and Steller's Jays (I forgot to throw out sunflower seed for them for a few days in advance.) Big numbers: Bushtits, Cedar Waxwings, Golden-crowned Sparrows Garth's Finds: -------------- Golden-crowned Kinglet - Lindenwood Pygmy Nuthatches - Lindenwood on Flood Circle, tallest pines (I have heard from neighbors that they are around alot; they do appear over in Menlo Oaks but irregularly) Varied Thrushes - Lindenwood White-throated Swifts - flying over Lindenwood 12/17 - San Francisquito Creek by Oak Creek Apts (north side of Sand Hill by Stanford golf course) ------------------------ Went searching for Wood Ducks, which I had seen there in Feb. Guess what!? It's a rushing torrent! Did find 3 Mallards, one Red-shouldered Hawk and one Belted-Kingfisher. Found 2 Steller's Jays. All right in the backyards of Menlo Park! I look forward to hearing the results of the CBCs from as many of you who care to write them up. It's always fun to hear what people see where, even if it's just "regular" birds! Kris Olson Menlo Park _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]