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 g5BJcaf30241 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:36 -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]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:36 -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]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:36 -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]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:38:26 -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] Re: Upper Stevens Creek PIWO, etc., etc. 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: Garth: > On 6/4, I stopped off at mid-morning at Monte Bello Gate 5, at the Western > edge of the preserve. Two Grasshopper Sparrows were singing boldly from the > tops of Coyote bushes just inside Gate 4, and a silent Chipping Sparrow sat > atop another one where the connector from the Gate 5 area meets the White > Oak trail. A single flyover Lawrence's Goldfinch went over the small unnamed > pond 0.3 miles inside Gate 5, tinkling merrily. There seem to be a lot of > these birds up on the ridgelines right now; I had a group of 5 at the Monte > Bello backpack camp on the SBC, and saw another (or the same?) group of 5 > nearby, at Russian Ridge, (SM County) on the evening of June 4. A > Red-breasted Nuthatch was calling from the Gate 5 area on the morning of 6/4 > as well (an SBC Count Week species, for what it's worth). I've pulled down a map from the MROSP web site, and I wasn't able to make out anything numbering gates on their "high-resolution" version. Can you clarify the above? Thanks, Al Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5C0Otf02764 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:24:55 -0700 Received: from pool0263.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.199.8] helo=209.179.199.8) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17HvwS-0002hb-00 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:24:53 -0700 Date: 11 Jun 2002 17:27:08 -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 g5C0Otf02764 Subject: [SBB] Out of area rpt: Yuba Pass (long) 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: [This is an out-of-area trip report. Some of you may be interested in what's at Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley right now.] I took a group of Bay Area birders to Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley on Saturday, 6/8/02, and Sunday, 6/9/02. We had great weather and birding, despite a dusting of snow overnight and cold morning temperatures (28 degrees F on 6/9). We saw 93 species for the group; I tallied another 4 species before and after the trip. Friday evening, 6/7, at the Yuba Pass campground, a male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER worked the trees near the parking lot restrooms and MOUNTAIN QUAIL called from north of Hwy 49. On Saturday at the Pass before the group gathered, EVENING GROSBEAK were in the campground and also seen along the roadside from Bassett's up to the Pass in the company of CASSIN'S FINCHes and PINE SISKINs. A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER constantly sang his part of the morning chorus from the trees at the campground entrance and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE worked the west end of the meadow. The group started out trying to locate the calling quail. We got close but were not able to manage any sightings. At one point we were distracted by 2 female PINE GROSBEAKs feeding low in trees around us. Two WHITE-TRHOATED SWIFTs flew over the area. [Several people in our group had seen Mountain Quail at roadside along Hwy 49 within a quarter mile east of the summit.] At Bassett's, male and female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDs were coming to the feeders and several VAUX'S SWIFTs worked the skies. At Lower Sardine Lake, along the Gold Lake Highway north of Bassett's Station, we saw a vireo that I identified as a BELL'S VIREO in manzanita along the gravel road on the north side of the lake. [See discussion at end.] Other notable species seen here were about 40 high-flying AMERICAN WHITE PELICANs, 2 OSPREYs, a GREAT BLUE HERON, 2 CALIFORNIA GULLs, CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDs, 2 NASHVILLE WARBLERs, scads of YELLOW WARBLERs (a pair seen staying close to a manzanita in which we could see a nest), HERMIT WARBLERs, and a single MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER. Near Goose Lake further up the Gold Lake Hwy, we found an apparently unmated male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER working on a nest cavity. This is an area from which nests have been reported in the past. [See below for location details.] At the small lake between Goose and Gold lakes, we saw the only BUFFLEHEAD (male) and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET for the trip. At the SFSU Sierra Field Campus on Hwy 49, AMERICAN DIPPER parents were feeding a fledgling. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE foraged around the buildings and CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS came to the feeders. A pair of WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKERs were trading incubation time at a nest cavity near the river. WESTERN TANAGERs and RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERs were particularly bold at this spot, offering good photo ops. On a tip from Greg Budney, of Cornell Lab. of Ornith., who was finishing up the sound recording workshop at the SFSU campus, we went south on Yuba Pass Rd. (aka Webber Lake Rd.) from the Yuba Pass summit to the intersection with the Lincoln Valley Rd. (2 mi.). In the logged area opposite Lincoln Valley Rd., we located a male WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER. On Sunday morning, we discovered that a male and female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER were alternately foraging in the trees between the campground entrance and the parking lot restrooms. This alternate foraging seems to imply that they may be sitting on eggs, but we weren't able to locate the nest cavity. Once again, we tried for Mountain Quail on the north side of Hwy 49. This time a couple of us were successful at actually sneaking up on a calling male and got a nice view from about 7 m. I pished out a HERMIT WARBLER that was very low in some shrubs and noticed a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER right behind it. A single female PINE GROSBEAK moved through the area. Another female WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER was seen in this area. 4-6 RED CROSSBILLS called in flight and landed in a tall conifer to feed on the cones. In Sierraville, the typical species associated with human habitation were seen along with a pair of BULLOCK'S ORIOLE and a couple of VAUX'S SWIFTs. In a small marshy area about 1 mi. west of town along Hwy 89/49, were some WILSON'S PHALAROPEs, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs, CINNAMON TEAL, and a single SANDHILL CRANE. On 6/7/02, I saw several adult CANADA GOOSE here with 2-3 broods of goslings. On the west side of Sierra Valley along Mt. Quail Rd., we flushed a COMMON NIGHTHAWK from the scrub that proceeded to call ("peent!") as it circled above us. It took a little while to get the GREEN-TAILED TOWHEEs to show themselves. Several were carrying food. We didn't locate any Gray Flycatchers here. North of Calpine along Hwy 89, we found a bit of woods that dripped with HERMIT WARBLERs. A DUSKY FLYCATCHER was also seen and heard here. At the corner of Calpine Rd. and Westside Rd. (A23), we found several singing BREWER'S and VESPER sparrows and one SAVANNAH SPARROW. HORNED LARKs were also active in this area. Along Marble Hot Springs Rd. not far from Route A23, we found SAGE THRASHERs, more BREWER'S SPARROWs, and a single SANDHILL CRANE. At the marsh, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs were abundant, a single COMMON NIGHTHAWK called and flew around above the road, and about 10 WHITE-FACED IBIS foraged in the marsh. East of the bridge, in the ponds, we saw more WILSON'S PHALAROPE and a couple pairs of REDHEAD. We finished the trip finally getting BLACK-BILLED MAGPIEs on the return drive to Sierraville. Late afternoon back at the Yuba Pass Campground, the pair of WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER continued to forage, joined by a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and a HAIRY WOODPECKER. In Sierra Valley as I left, I saw one and heard several more COMMON SNIPE calling. This was the vocalization, not the winnowing. Monday morning, 6/10/02, I stopped in at Kyburz Flats. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDs were carrying nest lining back to nest cavities. A GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE was near the interpretive boardwalk. 2 SANDHILL CRANE foraged and called near the marsh. At Martis Lake, BREWER'S and VESPER SPARROWs were very vocal around the parking lot and picnic table overlooking the lake at the end of the road. A rufous morph RED-TAILED HAWK flew over. Along the paved section of road, about 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKs were seen calling and coursing through the skies near the campground. Male and female plumage were noticeable. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDs were also seen in this area. On the drive back out to Hwy 267, a coyote crossed the road. Along Hwy 80 in the Davis area around 5:00p, a SWAINSON'S HAWK circled over the freeway. Greg Budney also mentioned that there was a Lewis' Woodpecker nest south of Loyalton, in an area that's subdivided. I think you take Smithneck Rd. south, then go through a subdivision to a cattleguard at the end of a paved road. The nest tree could be seen straight ahead from this point. It had three large branch snags. I don't know if the subdivision had homes or not. He also mentioned a Black-backed Woodpecker nest south of Loyalton, but this required some hiking to reach. The Bell's Vireo: I excluded Cassin's and Plumbeous vireos because of the lack of a strong spectacled eye pattern. I excluded Warbling Vireo because this bird was light gray (no greenish tones) with only a slight yellow wash on the belly and flanks. It also didn't have the "white-faced" appearance of Warbling Vireo. Its facial pattern showed an obvious, but not sharply defined, white supercillium with darker lores and eyeline. The cheeks were lighter than the eyeline and darker than the supercillium. Although I didn't make a note of it, my recollection is that it had wingbars that were not strongly marked. It didn't vocalize. I noticed in Sibley's map that this area is at the extreme northeastern edge of this species' range; I don't know its local status. My sighting was through Leica 8/32's at 3 m. with the sunlight high and perpendicular to the right of my line of sight. The Black-backed Woodpecker location: The cavity is visible from the roadside turnout on the right (going north) that has a brown sign pointing left to Goose Lake. There is a pond at the edge of this turnout. Look across the pond (approx. 30 m) at a lodgepole(?) pine at the edge of the pond. Up the tree about 15 m is a freshly debarked area about 24" high and extending around half the girth of the trunk. In the middle is the entry hole. The BBWO has at least 10 drumming trees in the vicinity. I returned at 5:15p on 6/9 to photograph this bird and, in an hour, it came to the nest once, exiting to remove wood chips and returning once more (counted as one visit). When it was not at the nest cavity, it moved around at mid-tree height, drumming occasionally. A couple of the drumming trees are across the road and to the south about 60 m. The longest time span that I didn't hear drumming was about 10 min. Les Chibana, Palo Alto Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5C24if04275 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:04:44 -0700 Received: from pool0263.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.199.8] helo=209.179.199.8) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17HxV5-0006yX-00 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:04:44 -0700 Date: 11 Jun 2002 19:06:56 -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 g5C24if04275 Subject: [SBB] Re: Out of area rpt: Yuba Pass (long) 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: My apologies for an off-topic posting in response to an out-of-area report. I couldn't be more out-of-bounds. (Can YOU think of more hyphenated phrases?) I'm curious if anyone had a problem with my message. Specifically, did you get a message with non-line broken sentences? I usually manually insert line breaks but I got lazy when I did this posting. I've heard from one SBB member who had this problem. Please respond to me and not to the list, and only if you received a posting in the form described. Les-Chibana, Palo-Alto Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5C5mBf07342 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:48:12 -0700 Received: from rahul ([64.169.18.242]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:48:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:47:58 -0700 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 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 Subject: [SBB] Stilt Sandpiper still at CCFS 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: Had some time this afternoon to see the Stilt Sandpiper, as well as the Wilson's Phalaropes, Avocets and Black-necked Stilts at the SFBBO's CCFS. Also several pairs of Cinnamon Teal, 2 pairs of Pintail, 20 or so Gadwalls, 2 Blue-winged Teal and 2 Common Moorhens. Numerous Cliff Swallows. Black Skimmers still on the "tern island" at the Don Edwards EEC (Environmental Education Center) nearby, off Zanker. Kris Olson [[email protected]] Menlo Park, CA Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5C7Crf08665 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:12:53 -0700 Received: from acer ([12.81.2.23]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020612071251.UXWF5116.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@acer> for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:12:51 +0000 Message-ID: <002401c211e0$c22757e0$1702510c@acer> From: "John Mariani" <[[email protected]]> To: "South-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:14:10 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Subject: [SBB] Phainopepla 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: Howdy South-bay-birders, Just as I was leaving of my parent's driveway this evening I spotted a male PHAINOPELA flying in and out of the pines at the neighbor's house next door. I watched it fly back and forth across Henwood Road carrying something white in its bill. In the past Phainopeplas have nested in my parent's backyard, but as far as I know this is the first Phainopepla sighting in the Almaden Valley since 1994. Anyone who wants to can look for this bird in the vicinity of 20701 Henwood Road. To get there take Almaden Expressway south to Harry Road, turn left, go to the end of Harry, and turn right onto Henwood--look for the bird around the second and third houses on the right. When seen it was flycatching and flying back and forth across the road. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.com