From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Apr 13 18:55:26 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3E1rFHe022800 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3E1pmoc022755 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:51:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-008casfrmp031.dialsprint.net ([158.252.215.33] helo=earthlink.net) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 194t8N-0001Lz-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:51:47 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:50:58 -0700 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Stevens Creek Park 04/12/03 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, My Palo Alto Adult School Birdging group visited Stevens Creek Park yesterday for an abbreviated class field trip. The rain made our hour-and-a-half walk cold and wet with birds remaining hidden much of the time. This situation, however, offered us many opportunities to practice using our ears to identify species. All five songs the group discussed in last week's class were heard on the trip: Wrentit, Orange-crowned Warbler (both from parking area), Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock's Oriole and Purple Finch. Many other species anticipated for the day were also identified by voice. Nice visual encounters included a Nuttall's Woodpecker working on a nest hole, an Olive-sided Flycatcher posing on a distant snag, a difficult-to-view but highly vocal Wilson's Warbler, a cooperative White-breasted Nuthatch and a well-seen pair of Brown Creepers. All in all, not a bad list for a short day. The complete list is below. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Canada Goose Mallard Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk California Quail Rock Dove Mourning Dove Anna's Hummingbird Selasphorus (species) Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Black Phoebe Steller's Jay American Crow Chestnut-backed Chickadee Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Bewick's Wren Hermit Thrush American Robin Varied Thrush Wrentit (heard only) Cedar Waxwing European Starling Hutton's Vireo Warbling Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler Wilson's Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak Spotted Towhee California Towhee Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Bullock's Oriole Purple Finch Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch end. _______________________________________________ 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]]