From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Nov 9 18:07:31 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAA25u7q024057 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:05:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAA24qke024010 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:04:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-38lc06j.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.0.211] helo=kirstennt) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18AhSw-0001ol-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 09 Nov 2002 18:04:47 -0800 From: "Kirsten R. Holmquist" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:06:02 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C2881A.AA0114C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <[[email protected]]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1b4+ Subject: [SBB] Sunnyvale Bay Trail X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list Cc: South Bay Birding <[[email protected]]> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: [[email protected]] Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C2881A.AA0114C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I went to the Sunnyvale Bay Trail today. I saw a BURROWING OWL as I was walking along the hill. I saw it only because I was following a flock of 14 AMERICAN PIPITS walking along the hillside and one of the Pipits walked right in front of the Owl. I was checking out the Ponds from the hillside when I saw a Myrtles YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in a bare tree. It looked to be a striking adult male with a strong white eyebrow. I picked up several WILSON'S SNIPE only because a large, noisy mixed flock of EUROPEAN STARLINGS and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS landed for a few minutes all around the Snipe. The Snipe poked their heads up to see what all the fuss was about. As soon as the flock left, the Snipe faded back into obscurity. Three adjacent towers each had a pair of TURKEY VULTURES. The pairs were hanging out close together and all had there wings spread as if they were trying to dry off. Another tower (further away of course) provided a perch for a PEREGRINE FALCON. I did make a short stop at the Lucy Evans Center to try to pick up the White Throated Sparrow at the Rangers Station. I was unsuccessful on the White Throated; however, I did come across a small puddle (maybe a foot to foot and a half in diameter) which was being used as a communal bathing spot. A couple WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were using it when a dozen BUSHTITS came in for a bath. They tried to huddle together at the same corner and bathe at the same time. The closest bird to me was an adult female (I got the best look at the whitish eye that I ever have had before). She was all fluffed up and flicking water on herself and, consequently, half a dozen small grey bodies right behind her. The only birds I could find on the towers was a male AMERICAN KESTREL. In the pond by the Center's parking lot, I picked up a couple BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, a LONG BILLED CURLEW, a DUNLIN, DOWITCHERS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a MARBLED GODWIT. Best Regards, Kirsten R. Holmquist [[email protected]] ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C2881A.AA0114C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _______________________________________________ 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]] ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C2881A.AA0114C0--