Received: from hotmail.com (f68.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.31.68]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g52Jc6f09197 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 12:38:07 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 12:38:02 -0700 Received: from 216.244.42.160 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 19:38:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.244.42.160] From: "Mark Jenkins" <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 12:38:01 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jun 2002 19:38:02.0185 (UTC) FILETIME=[020C0390:01C20A6D] Subject: [SBB] Name that Finch 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: I went out to Parkway Lake yesterday to look at the Great-tailed Grackles. While there, I had a good, fairly close, side view a finch eating eating seeds from a thistle. In most respects, it looked like a Purple Finch: bright red forecap and throat; reddish wash over the rest of the head, neck, mantle, and breast; notched tail. But it also also had distinct brown streaks on a buff background on it's sides, not the blurred, weaker streaks that I see on Purple Finches in my field guides. Anyone have some guidance on identifying this bird? Thanks, Mark L. Jenkins _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Received: from protactinium.btinternet.com (protactinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.176]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g52KsGf10098 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:54:16 -0700 Received: from host62-7-42-212.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([62.7.42.212] helo=athomeuser) by protactinium.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 17EcMf-0004jQ-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 21:54:14 +0100 Message-ID: <000e01c20a77$9a482300$d42a073e@athomeuser> From: "Andy Gibb" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds Mailing" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:21:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Subject: [SBB] Loma Prieta 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: Just like everyone else I tottered up Loma Prieta this morning. Thanks to Frank and Bob's write-up in BABOB (shameless plug!) I knew where to go and which Keep Out signs I could pass this time. And I got a singing Black-chinned Sparrow near the summit, followed by much closer views when I ascended the little knoll near the first saddle. Flocks of Cliff Swallows held a couple of dark swifts but I couldn't get on to them fast enough to say whether they were Black or Vaux's. A fantastic female (to judge by the size) Cooper's Hawk took off in front of me when I started up the trail to the summit and a little further on I got my first Blue-grey Gnatcatcher of the year (yes, I even managed Black-tailed, much further south, before that one!) Olive-sided Flycatchers were calling too and I hadn't seen them in Santa Clara yet this year. A good spot. Andy ([[email protected]]) "Only connect..." Received: from mms3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [63.70.210.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g52KtVf10184 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:55:31 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-3 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Sun, 02 Jun 2002 13:55:28 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 1e1caf3a-b686-11d4-a6a3-00508bfc9ae5 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 NAA22496 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:55:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8/MS01) with SMTP id NAA29325 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:55:30 -0700 ( PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:51:21 -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: 10E459CA483123-01-01 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: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This morning, 2 Jun 02, I revisited Parkway Lakes and confirmed the presence of 5 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES (3 males and 2 females). Both females were carrying food into the bulrushes that mark the nest sites, and once again a female came out of there carrying a fecal sac. At one point I thought there might have been 3 females, but I could never confirm it by seeing them all at once. A couple hours later I was at the adjacent water-skiing lake and saw 3 males and a female. However, I believe that these were the same birds as previously, as the female and 2 of the males flew back to the fishing lake. One male remained and sang from a bulrush-covered island in this lake. Also at Parkway Lake were 2 GREEN HERONS, and a female WOOD DUCK flew by. Yesterday, 1 Jun 02, I participated in the Palo Alto Summer Bird Count, working the area behind Moffet Field. Salt pond A3W had 2 each of CLARK'S and WESTERN GREBES. The Lockheed ponds had a male GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL, and 3 male NORTHERN SHOVELERS, while the large sewage pond had a male AMERICAN WIGEON. The vicinity of A3W and B2 had 37 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS. Pond B2 had quite a few breeding CALIFORNIA GULLS. I counted a total of 721 birds here on various islands. I saw at least 80 birds incubating on nests, 125 downy young birds (included in the total count), and 1 bird carrying nesting material. FORSTER'S TERNS seem limited to trying to nest on a heavily vegetated island in the southern part of B2. I counted 95 birds on an island there, but it's hard to tell if they have nests because of the vegetation. They certainly are an agitated bunch and did engage in some courtship feeding. More interesting was the few terns nesting on duck blinds in pond A3W. Two towers at the north end of B2 have COMMON RAVEN nests, one on each tower. One tower had 5 Ravens on it, which probably included recently fledged young. One bird was standing on the nest when I arrived, but was off the nest later. Other breeding included a EUROPEAN STARLING and a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD each carrying food at the barge dock, the starling to a light fixture and the blackbird somewhere under the dock. A SONG SPARROW was engaging in a distraction display near the dock, evidently trying to protect a nest or recently fledged young in the fennel. MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE seem to have broods all over the place. Later, I went to the Palo Alto Baylands, where I counted 18 WHIMBRELS on the estuary with 3 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS. A pale first-year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was present as well. There were about 6 each of RING-BILLED and WESTERN GULL at the duck pond. Mike Mammoser Received: from web14606.mail.yahoo.com (web14606.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.86]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g52Naof12325 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:36:50 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from [12.234.89.51] by web14606.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 16:36:50 PDT Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:36:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Brenda Priest <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] song 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: Could someone please help me identify this bird we saw today. We were watching a ruddy duck on Arastradero pond when this bird perched on the willows beside the lake. It sat there for quite a while singing. We could hear a distant response as well. The bird was about the size of a lesser goldfinch, dark grey body with a darker head and a long slender tail. It raised it's head when it sang reminding me of a meadowlark. It's song consisted of two sharp notes followed by a trill and two notes at the end a little more pronounced. The song never changed in about ten minutes time. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com Received: from ganymede.jtan.com (ganymede.jtan.com [207.106.84.133]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g532FFf14761 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:15:15 -0700 Received: from drake (dialup-209.245.129.7.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net [209.245.129.7]) by ganymede.jtan.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g532FBp12691; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:15:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan Hays" <[[email protected]]> To: "'Brenda Priest'" <[[email protected]]>, <[[email protected]]> Subject: RE: [SBB] song bird Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:14:39 -0700 Message-ID: <000401c20aa4$75207190$3300000a@drake> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id g532FFf14761 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: The physical description reminds me of a Wrentit. If you don't have audio tapes/CDs, this web site has quite a few recorded bird songs. Here's a link to the Wrentit. http://www.enature.com/audio/audio_hitlist.asp?familyID=220 In my limited experience, your song description seems more like a Savannah Sparrow, but that bird is neither gray nor has a long tail. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [[email protected]] [mailto:[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Brenda Priest Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:37 PM To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] song bird Could someone please help me identify this bird we saw today. We were watching a ruddy duck on Arastradero pond when this bird perched on the willows beside the lake. It sat there for quite a while singing. We could hear a distant response as well. The bird was about the size of a lesser goldfinch, dark grey body with a darker head and a long slender tail. It raised it's head when it sang reminding me of a meadowlark. It's song consisted of two sharp notes followed by a trill and two notes at the end a little more pronounced. The song never changed in about ten minutes time. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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 mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g533hOf16008 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:43:24 -0700 Received: from pacbell.net ([67.116.4.21]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 20:43:20 -0700 From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birds Mailing <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en Subject: [SBB] Guadalupe Oak Grove Park 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: I walked the loop in Guadalupe Oak Grove park at noon today intending only to check on a standing nest box where Violet Green Swallows are nesting. First interesting sight was a pair of Acorn Woodpeckers feeding fledglings cherries from the wild Holly Cherry trees on Buckeye hill. What a treat that must be! A little further along I saw a Nuttall's fledgling with a red crest standing straight up. A Robins song brought me out through the park's gate, where a Robin was singing on a nest in a small oak tree. Near the Villas I found a large new bee hive, I hope park maintenance doesn't discover. A male Red shouldered Hawk was watching for prey from a tree, near the intersection of three trails. At the top of the stairs four immature Red tailed Hawks were sitting in the tree just over their large nest. None has actually fledged yet. At this point a Turkey Vulture swooped down towards me, flying just over my head, actually creating a breeze. The adult Red tailed Hawk pair were flying over Buckeye hill, exhibiting courtship behavior. I was delighted to find the Bluebird family together in an oak tree on the ridge. I believe they are the parks first successful nesting Bluebirds. I've been seeing three adult Ash throated Flycatchers at one nest box, and wonder if one is offspring from last year. They seem to get along even through the pair has eggs in the nest box. A female Red shouldered Hawk and her recent fledgling were flying over the treetops, constantly calling to each other. Lastly, I did observe the Violet Green Swallows bringing nesting material into a nest box. Janna Pauser Received: from imo-d02.mx.aol.com (imo-d02.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.34]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g534t7f17609 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:55:07 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id t.3c.1f1d105c (4249); Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:54:58 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:54:57 EDT To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]], [[email protected]], [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 114 Subject: [SBB] Loma Prieta & Summit Rd. - - Skyline Rd. at Castle Rock SP 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: Greetings SBBers, On my Santa Cruz Mts. Bird Sampler trip yesterday, 1 June 2002, for Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CC Co., we started at Baker's Square, Los Gatos, SCL Co. (potty stop and coffee & snacks). All 10 of us saw/heard CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, OAK TITMOUSE & NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER in the oaks by the parking lot. At Spanish Ranch Rd, X Mt. Bache Rd. X Highland Way, SCZ Co. we put on an extra layer for the early, foggy morning and found a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO AND BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK along with Calif. Quail, Steller's Jay, Spotted Towhee et al. This was along the East Branch of Soquel Creek, (if I interpret David Suddjian correctly). Our next main stop was at the "Pavement Ends" sign, Loma Prieta Summit Rd., SCL Co. Here we ran into Miguel Demeulemeester and later Dennis and Patricia Braddy. In addition to the birds Dennis & Patricia reported (notable for all was the female Purple Martin, see SBB 6/1/02) we found BAND-TAILED PIGEON, BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD that Kristen Brown (of the W.C.gp.) also saw do the U dive, PURPLE FINCH, HAIRY WOODPECKER (heard by PEG), Salasphorus (Allen's?) HUMMINGBIRD (seen by Eric Concannon of W.C.), Bewick's Wrens and Wrentits (singing everywhere). We next moved up to the Knobcone Pine Saddle parking for lunch at the 4-Way intersection. Walking back to the Pines we found a silent YELLOW-RUMPED "Audubon's" WARBLER, a bright, alternate plumaged male. At least 3 more pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were in the area as well as the singing CALIF. THRASHER and 2 small flyby groups (2-3 each) of LAWRENCES GOLDFINCHES. When the male then female RED-TAILED HAWKS flew due south we saw among the CLIFF SWALLOWS (near the single tall transmission tower) a pair of PURPLE MARTINS (but no swifts). We declined to go up for Sage and Black-chinned Sparrows, though we probably heard one BCSp from the Chemise up towards Loma Prieta Pk. We got close,"basking", views of 4 Western ("California") Whiptail and many Western Swift Lizards. Our question was whether Coast Horned Lizards are ever found in the Santa Cruz Mts., as they are on Mt. Diablo. The fog cleared to the coast, so we had a bright sunny day, but no views of Monterey Bay. With a few stops between Summit Rd. (north of Hwy 17) and Skyline Blvd. (not driven easily for the faint of heart, esp. in a 15 passenger Van). We did have a three VIREOS stop (someone else jotted down the mile marker): CASSIN'S, WARBLING AND HUTTON'S along with 3 male WESTERN TANAGERS (one chased a Steller's Jay indicating a possible breeder) and American Robins. Our last stop at Castle Rock S.P. included the Falls trail (a challenge for some of our more elderly ladies, who were most stalwart at that). At least 4 WINTER WREN singers on territory were along the Trail. Up at the parking lot another male "Audubon's" Wa sat exposed and HERMIT WARBLERS sang and one gave Kristen and Eric a brief glimpse. We didn't see or hear the often sought Mt. Quail or Pileated Woodpecker this day, but another Hairy Woodpecker showed up near Castle Rock Falls along with the "owl-like" Band-tailed Pigeon calls. We had about 60 species for the day. Favorite flower was probably the Chaparral Pea (Pickeringea montana) along Loma Prieta Summit Rd. with its deep magenta-pink inflorescences. Happy Birding, Phil Gordon Hayward, ALA Co. Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g535VPf18234 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:31:25 -0700 Received: from dialup-209.245.130.116.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.245.130.116] helo=dgrkv) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17EkR7-0003J9-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 02 Jun 2002 22:31:22 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 22:31:28 -0700 From: "Don Ganton" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds Mailing List" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [SBB] Joseph D. Grant County Park 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: Hi, On Sunday, Will Valdez and I took a quick trip up to Grant Park. At Twin Gates we saw Oak Titmouse, Western Kingbird, Bullocks Oriole, singing Lazuli Bunting and Lawrence's Goldfinch. At Smith's Creek we had more Lawrence's Goldfinch, several Black-headed Grosbeak, a Spotted Towhee and a few singing House Wrens. The weather was beautiful - cool and sunny. I got a couple of decent photos of the Lawrence's Goldfinch, House Wren and Black-headed Grosbeak, which I've posted here: http://www.thebirder.com/photos.html Good birding, Don