From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Apr 8 05:51:01 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h38CmgHg012500 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 05:48:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h38ClZoc012456 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 05:47:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [12.255.140.38] (12-255-140-38.client.attbi.com[12.255.140.38]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01) with SMTP id <2003040812473500100dfigbe>; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:47:35 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 05:47:33 -0700 Subject: Re: [SBB] Alum Rock Park 4/6/03 From: Dennis Braddy <[[email protected]]> To: SouthBayBirds <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Les and SouthBayBirders, We happened to be at Alum Rock Park at the same time as Les and his rather large group. Although overall our mileage was similar, we managed to miss Hooded Oriole, White-throated Swift, and Golden Eagle. Among the species that Les didn't mention: BEWICK'S WRENS along Todd L. Quick Trail, RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (spotted by someone in Les' group) on North Rim Trail, NUTTALL'S and ACORN WOODPECKERS, NORTHERN FLICKER, and BAND-TAILED PIGEON (heard only) along Penitencia Creek. Also along the creek we saw 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, and 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS. In addition to the "Tres Amigos" we had 5 more WILD TURKEYS just above Live Oak Picnic Area - 4 juvenile tom's and a hen. In the same area a silent Empidonax Flycatcher permitted only brief glimpses. A very tame or very tired male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD perched 8 feet over Todd L. Quick Trail refused to budge even when a hiker, the 2 of us, and our spotting scope passed directly beneath it. Dennis and Patricia Braddy San Ramon On 4/7/03 9:45 PM, "Les Chibana" <[[email protected]]> wrote: > SBB, > > My Palo Alto Baylands Birding class had a fieldtrip at Alum Rock Park > on Sunday. Migrants and spring birds are moving through and in. We > had a nice side-by-side view of male HOODED and BULLOCK'S ORIOLEs > in the top of one of the eucalypti in the Rustic Lands Picnic Area > parking > lot. HOUSE WRENs and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKs were fairly vocal > in the area. We saw a singing RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW a bit > further up the North Rim trail from the area below Eagle Rock. Two > WHITE- > TAILED KITEs seemed to be associating with each other, one doing its > fluttery display flight near the palm trees on the north slope. WHITE- > THROATED SWIFTs also worked the air above the valley. > > With all of the WILD TURKEY reports flooding the Bay Area bird lists, > Alum > Rock Park was not out of the loop with the "Tres Amigos", Tom, Tom and > Tom, strolling up and down the valley, gobbling and nibbling as they > went. We heard and saw them 4 or 5 times throughout the day. > > Three COOPER'S HAWKs soared overhead with two of them distinctly > appearing to chase each other. We also saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, > or two, as well as a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a GOLDEN EAGLE > for a seven raptor day. > > NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWs were settling into the valley. > One HERMIT THRUSH was seen along the old entrance road just above > the kiosk, while another sang in the distance. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs > were working over an oak in the same location, with a few MYRTLE'S seen. > BUSHTITs were bringing feathers to line a nest in the same oak (chalk > another one up for the oaks). At least one BELTED KINGFISHER was seen > but no Dipper could be located. Only one empid was detected, but not > long > enough for an ID; and the only other warbler sp. detected were a few > singing > ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs. > > It was overcast and cool through most of the day. > > Les > --- > Les Chibana > BirdNUTZ(tm) - Ornigasmic Birding > em <[[email protected]]> > web > ph 650-949-4335 > fx 650-949-4137 > snailmail: SR2 Box 335, La Honda CA 94020 _______________________________________________ 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]]