Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QDttt29430 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:55:55 -0700 Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QDtsZ10760 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.66.165.146] (DNab42a592.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.146]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QDtjk10744; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:55:45 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:55:44 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] House Finch Research 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: Students of Dr. Geoffrey Hill (Auburn University) will be conducting research in the Palo Alto area on House Finches from July 18-25. I have agreed to let them use my yard to collect Hatch-year House Finches. They would also like to use additional yards. If any of you would be willing to let them use your yard for their research, please contact Kristy Farmer directly, and Cc: to me also. Do NOT send your response to the SBB-list. Thank you. Kendric ---------------------------------- Dr. Smith, Thank you very much for the use of your yard. We are arriving in Oakland around 11am on the 18th and would be glad to stop buy some time that afternoon and meet with you. We would also be glad to stop buy the morning of the 25th and update you on our success. We are trying to find as many yards as possible to increase our chances of success and I was wondering if you happened to know of any other people who may not mind our brief intrusion? We use feeder traps that only target House Finches so most other species are left undisturbed. If we have enough yards to work from we can rotate through them so that feeders are left alone on some days to keep the birds well fed and happy. Thank you so much for your help, Kristy Farmer ---------------------------------- >At 1:12 PM -0500 6/24/02, Farmekr wrote: >>Dr. Smith, >>I am a Ph.D. student in Dr. Geoffrey Hill's lab at Auburn University. >>During your earlier correspondence with Dr. Hill you indicated you might be >>willing to allow us to collect Hatch-year House Finches from your yard. >>Another graduate student and I will be in the San >>Francisco/Stanford area July >>18-25 and are currently locating yards we can trap from during our stay. We >>would greatly appreciate any time we could spend in your yard increasing our >>collection. >>Thank You, >>Kristy L. Farmer >>Ph.D. candidate >>Dept. of Biological Sciences >>Auburn University >>101 Life Sciences Bldg. >>Auburn, AL 36849 >>(334) 844-1632 >---------------------- Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QH6Bt32353 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:06:11 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:06:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Cc: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii 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: Folks: This morning, 6/26/2002, I visited Summit Ridge and Loma Prieta. A male PURPLE MARTIN was perched on one of the eastern towers (with a cylinder antenna on top) and then left to forage and was not seen for the next 30 min. I did not go to the summit, but heard one BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW that I could not see on the western end. Bill P.S. A note from Julia Curlette reports that the two Morgan Hill leucistic Western Scrub Jays are fledglings from the same nest and are still dependent upon the adults. Closer examination suggests they are identical and are pure albinos. Received: from imo-r02.mx.aol.com (imo-r02.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.98]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QLIkt04566 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:18:46 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.21.) id t.144.1095a209 (4209) for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:18:33 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:18:32 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10512 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] Steven's Creek 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: Good afternoon all...... This morning Dori Rhodes and I went out to Steven's Creek to bird and had the greatest time. Lots of Robins still gathering nesting materials. At the bridge with the wooden railing is a nesting Ash-throated Flycatcher and we watched them feed the little one inside, just to adorable. Also, in the same place are Juncos, Anna's Hummingbirds, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Flicker, Violet-green Swallows, Song Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Peewees, Black Phoebe, Bushtits, Oak Titmouse and Chickadees, Spotted Towhees and Stellar's Jays. Overhead we had Band-tailed Pigeons. On our walk up the trail to the dam we had a great sighting of a pair of Lawrence's Goldfinch. What a thrill to see a pair of them and later to see a single Lawrence's Goldfinch back up at the bridge with the wood railing....Lots of Juncos and Spotted Towhees along the trail today. At the end of the trail we watched a covey of Quail (12) and a family of Western Bluebirds. A beautiful pair of Red-shouldered Hawks were seen and heard in the park as well as a Hutton's Vireo along the trail. Wishing you all good birding and my best regards, Linda Sullivan Received: from pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net (pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.122]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5QMoKt06574 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:50:20 -0700 Received: from user-2ivfj0h.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.204.17] helo=kirstennt) by pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17NLcB-0005rF-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:50:19 -0700 Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> From: "Kirsten R. Holmquist" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:51:30 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Wilson's Phalaropes 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 stopped at the EEC today. The WILSON'S PHALAROPES now number in the triple digits. At least two hundred were congregating about the islands. Sorry, no exact count. You can count only so high while aggravated FORSTER'S TERNS try to call you every bad name in the book. In their defense, numerous tern chicks of various sizes dotted the islands. Four BLACK SKIMMERS visible on the islands as well. A BURROWING OWL flushed from the levee, pursued and pecked at by a sparrow-like bird. Just can't catch a break. A pair of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES hung out near the butterfly garden along with a nearby flock of BUSHTITS. What looked to be a family of COMMON YELLOWTHROATS was also nearby. I got a good look at a female. I could hear a male singing a few bushes over. Deep in the brush I could also see another that had the look of a fledgling bird. Best Wishes, Kirsten R. Holmquist Sunnyvale, CA [[email protected]] [demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]