From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 18 14:28:02 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9ILNV1H027650 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:23:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc53.attbi.com (rwcrmhc53.attbi.com [204.127.198.39]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9ILMPhh027568 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:22:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrwbc56 ([204.127.198.45]) by rwcrmhc53.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021018212223.GTNL22897.rwcrmhc53.attbi.com@rwcrwbc56> for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:22:23 +0000 Received: from [12.234.57.193] by rwcrwbc56; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:22:23 +0000 From: [[email protected]] Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:22:23 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Aug 12 2002) Message-Id: <20021018212223.GTNL22897.rwcrmhc53.attbi.com@rwcrwbc56> Subject: [SBB] Still Hooded Orioles in Milpitas X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b3+ 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]] Hi SBB, The last few days I've been home with the flu. This has given me the opportunity to do some backyard birding in the morning instead of in the evening, after work. Three male R-W Blackbirds were eating white millet with resident MoDos and House Sparrows. Fall arrivals were W- C Sparrows and first of fall G-C Sparrow were also present. Other fall arrivals were a R-C Kinglet and a Y- R Warbler gleaning the branches of Japanese Maple and our backyard blueberry bushes. Still have about a half dozen each Lesser and American Goldfinch coming to sack thistle feeder. Numerous House Finch taking black oil sunflower. A single Scrub-J came to take peanuts dropped from the squirrel feeder. (That's a switch!) Many Anna's HB coming to sugar water feeders. Last evening, at least 11 individuals were counted at the various HB feeders in front and backyard. A C-B Chickadee made an appearance to drink sugar water from HB feeder and then took 2-3 B-O sunflower seeds. Most unusual yesterday and today were two Hooded Orioles at the HB feeders. Yesterday there was a female and today a male. I've been keeping track of arrival and departure dates of species to our backyard since 1996. Previously, August 26-27 was on average about the last seen date for Hooded Orioles. This year September 26 was the latest date until yesterday and today. I have heard reports of over wintering or early winter reports from the Bay Area, but does anyone know of the "typical" departure date of Hooded Orioles for Santa Clara County? These two Hooded Orioles seem quite late to me, but just curious what others may have observed. Randy Little Milpitas -- "I bird because the voices in my head tell me to." Question: If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed? [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]