Received: from goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net (goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AHeFt19515 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:40:15 -0700 Received: from pool0540.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.194.30] helo=209.179.194.30) by goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17SLRm-0002id-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:40:14 -0700 Date: 10 Jul 2002 10:42:32 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 2.1 (Mac) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-Ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id g6AHeFt19515 Subject: [SBB] "Just another" yard bird Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Mary just called me to the deck out back and pointed out an adult male PILEATED WOODPECKER (PIWO) working on a dead trunk of a madrone. She was drawn to look out back by some loud tapping and suspected something large. Boy, was she right! We got good views at about 30 feet. It moved upwards to a more solid section of trunk, drummed once, and flew off. All in all, about 2 min. of viewing. This drumming phrase confirmed to me that the drumming I heard from the Stevens Creek drainage at Monte Bello OSP on 5/16/02 and 5/29/02 was a PIWO. That bird was eventually confirmed by Garth Harwood on 6/7/02. Mary's first and only other sighting of this species in our yard was on 11/11/00. This was my first yard sighting. (TICK! goes my yard list...). My yard is along the Santa Clara County side of Skyline Blvd. between Page Mill Rd. and Hwy 9. Last week, I twice walked down Grizzly Flat trail in Upper Stevens Creek Park, listening in part for PIWO. On one trip I went as far as the junction with Canyon Trail in Monte Bello. I didn't detect any PIWO. I did see and hear two juvenile female PIWO and heard a third individual about 1.5 mi. down this trail on 8/1/99. On last week's walks, I saw adult PYGMY NUTHATCHES with fledglings. Les Chibana, Palo Alto Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AHrGt19878 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:53:16 -0700 Received: from [209.209.18.204] (209-209-18-204.oak.inreach.net [209.209.18.204]) by borg.inreach.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4101B741; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:53:13 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:53:00 -0700 To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] More on the NOBO in Palo Alto Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Folks This morning, July 10 my husband heard the Bobwhite calling near Bol Park when he was riding on the bicycle path that runs between Hanover and Arastradero Rd in the Barron Park area of Palo Alto. Ruth Troetschler ------------ At 4:25 PM -0400 7/4/02, [[email protected]] wrote: >All: > >From about 8 to 9:30 this morning, Thursday, July 04, I was treated to a nice >serenade by a Northern Bobwhite. I originally heard the Bobwhite when I was >near 945 Matadero Rd in Palo Alto where it had been reported by the >homeowner, Janet? Todd. The bird seemed to be calling from near the next >street further south. I proceeded clockwise around to the very end of Roble >Ridge Rd, where a house has just been marked as "Sold." Along the south side >of this property is a 7-foot tall solid wood fence which extends to the west, >passing directly under a pepper tree. The bird was perched about 15 foot up >in this pepper tree, singing very, very loudly. > >Up close, the bird was obviously giving a three-part call, with a fainter >note before the "Bob." It was a full male, with a white throat, a dark >eyeline through and under the eye, and a long white eyebrow line. There was >no need for the Questar since I eventually ended up almost directly beneath >him. I think one reason he ignored me was that, over at least a 10-minute >period, I heard an occasional faint answer to his call. It did not seem to >be a mockingbird. The NOBO was still singing when I left. > >Frank Vanslager >_______________________________________________ >south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] >Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: >http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Received: from barry.mail.mindspring.net (barry.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.25]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AI8Et20305 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:08:14 -0700 Received: from user-38lc0v1.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.3.225] helo=pavilion) by barry.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17SLsp-0005tg-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:08:12 -0400 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:02:01 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: amphibian <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] phoebes and hawks in los altos Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Finally had confirmation that Phoebes are breeding near my sister in law's house in Los Altos: watched a parent feed at least 3 fledglings yesterday in their yard. They were all perched on a lawn chair. Parent would fly off over the yard, I'd hear "click!" (beak snapping on bug, I assume), and more often than not, the parent would return to feed a baby. Great fun. Saw a Cooper's again yesterday in a high watch perch in a nearby redwood. My in-laws report that they've been seeing it there recently. Heard calling from the trees near Adobe creek. Strongly suspect that they're breeding for the fourth year in a row, though it seems awfully late. My in-laws also report seeing the "white hawks" (kites) which we had hoped to see breeding there this year. They were scared off from the ever so convenient pine tree they had initially settled on, but perhaps they're somewhere nearby?? Natasha Received: from smtp.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (SMTP.SLAC.Stanford.EDU [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AKfLt24192 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:21 -0700 Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (SMTPSERV1.SLAC.Stanford.EDU [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:41:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Fwd: [SFBIRDS] Caspian Terns Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: There's been some discussion on SFBIRDS recently of a Caspian Tern colony in San Francisco. Since I gather that SFBBO tracks colonies on the Bay, I thought it would be worth forwarding to this list, in case the relevant people are here but not on SFBIRDS. Al > From: Jason Yakich <[[email protected]]> > Subject: [SFBirds] Caspians > To: [[email protected]] > > I observed the Caspian tern colony just north of Agua Vista Park (on China > Basin Landing/Terry Francois St.) discovered by Dan Singer today from > 3:10-4:10 pm. Nothing new to add really...from my car w/ scope I counted at > least 133 adults, 28 chicks/juveniles at various feathering stages, 4 downy > chicks, and 4 birds on maintained nests. There appeared to be some > potential hiding spaces for additional offspring. One juvenile was seen > flying (and harassed by adults). > > This is a great find. To re-state Dan's question, does anyone know many > seaons this colony has been active? Or who owns this land? I didn't check. > > Jason Yakich Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AKgut24281 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:42:56 -0700 Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AKgtk12041 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.66.166.62] (DNab42a558.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.88]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6AKgqn12011 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:42:50 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. Birds 6/30/02 Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Bill Bousman writes: One bit of cleanup is the withdrawal of a May Solitary Sandpiper record, which drops the end of May total to 241. Seven species were added for June, which brings the composite list to 248 species. An injured Stilt Sandpiper showed up at the CCFS waterbird pond on 10 Jun for one of our few spring records. As expected, Wilson's Phalaropes returned on their way south with the first birds found in Alviso on 1 Jun. Although Common Terns occur in the fall in most years, a 2nd-summer bird at Salt Pond A16 on 10 Jun was not expected. A late spring migrant Black Tern was seen at Charleston Slough on 7 Jun. Although Willow Flycatchers are generally found in their fall migration, they are very rare in the spring so one at Smiths Creek on 9 Jun was unusual. A pair of Blue Grosbeaks were found along Coyote Creek near the banding station on 8 Jun and were later captured and banded. These birds remained a few weeks in an area where they might breed. A single Red Crossbill at Alum Rock Park on 9 Jun seemed completely out of place. At the end of June only one 2 is left (Red-necked Phalarope) and it is not surprise that the first fall birds have already been seen before I've made this write-up. All 3s have been found this year and only five 4s are left. Two, Least Tern and Canyon Wren have been found in July and this leaves us with Red-throated Loon, Black Rail, and Pectoral Sandpiper for fall and winter. All the rest of potential species are 5s (very rare, not seen every year) or 6s (generally fewer than 10 records). So the second half of the year will be difficult birding, but the potential of the fall migration is always there. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak already found in early July is a nice start. Bill P.S.: The Black Tern was reported to the BirdBox by Jamie Fenneman, but this person was not known by the transcriber and the spelling may be wrong. --------------------------- The complete list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ ------------------------------------------ Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6ALH2t25052 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:02 -0700 Received: from dick ([66.120.77.174]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:22:24 -0700 From: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Fwd: [SFBIRDS] Caspian Terns To: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>, [[email protected]] Message-id: <010201c22857$e2c19b40$[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[[email protected]]> Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: That colony has been active for at least 3 years. I watch everytime we go sailing. I assumed everyone knew about it. Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker & Rotary Bureaucrat Part-time Economist Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, CA [[email protected]] 650-949-9590 Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6ALiHt25633 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:44:17 -0700 Received: from meaton ([64.171.32.221]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:44:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:44:17 -0700 From: "Mark W. Eaton" <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Fwd: [SFBIRDS] Caspian Terns To: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]>, [[email protected]] Message-id: <005001c2285a$f151e900$[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <[[email protected]]> <010201c22857$e2c19b40$[[email protected]]> Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Uh, given that no one on SFBirds was aware of it, it's certainly news to us. I guess none of us sail... :-) Best, Mark ---- Mark W. Eaton mailto:[[email protected]] SFFO home page http://www.sffo.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Carlson" <[[email protected]]> To: "Al Eisner" <[[email protected]]>; <[[email protected]]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [SBB] Fwd: [SFBIRDS] Caspian Terns > That colony has been active for at least 3 years. I watch everytime we go > sailing. I assumed everyone knew about it. > > Richard C. Carlson > Full Time Birder, Biker & Rotary Bureaucrat > Part-time Economist > Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, CA > [[email protected]] > 650-949-9590 > _______________________________________________ > south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.