From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Apr 10 15:09:55 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3AM7EHf010529 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:07:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r05.mx.aol.com (imo-r05.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.101]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3AM6Zoc010481 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:06:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id t.183.1942e767 (18403) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:06:26 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:06:26 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6014 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin County Park (north) 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]] All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out the hill above Sandy Wool Lake in Ed Levin County Park. At one point we had three GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS on the hill above the "Green Gate." The closer GRSP looked wet and it was possible to see the seldom seen yellow shoulder mark (it's usually covered with feathers from the chest). This mark is well illustrated on the cover or Rising's The Sparrows of the United States and is shown in Peterson's Western Field Guide. Earlier, as we started up the hill, we had a distant view of a GRSP perched on the fence located just down the hill from the trail leading to "Sycamore Gulch." All of these GRSP seemed to sing but even more quietly than usual and did not seem to be throwing their heads back during the song (didn't really seem to be trying). At "Sycamore Gulch" we had two closely interacting WESTERN KINGBIRDS, lots of LESSER GOLDFINCH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW (a county year bird), HOUSE WREN, BEWICK'S WREN, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, perched TURKEY VULTURES, and BULLOCK'S ORIOLE. Further up the trail we spotted another GRSP that had flown in with a small flock of LEGO. This bird, though watched for several minutes, made no attempt to sing (I don't know if females sing but I felt that this just might be a recently arrived female). The GRSP flew from a perch above the trail to the fence below the trail, the bird was continuously looking around when perched and then just dropped into the weeds below the fence and out of sight. At the lower windsock we had at least two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Other birds noted included both CROWNED SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, BARN SWALLOW, RED-TAILED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, CANADA GEESE, and at least two CEDAR WAXWINGS (Pepper Tree near the parking lot). Take care, Bob Reiling, 3:00 PM, 4/10/03 _______________________________________________ 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]]