From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Apr 23 13:50:53 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3NKltLR017002 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:47:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail07a.vwh1.net (mail07a.vwh1.net [209.238.9.57]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with SMTP id h3NKk6E6016915 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.206.251) by mail07a.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.80vs) with SMTP id 018911768 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:46:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001801c309d9$1a960b60$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:44:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Loop-Detect: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Tanager(s) back at Hidden Villa, other breeders 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h3NKltLR017002 All, At least one very vocal male Western Tanager began singing near the White Barn at Hidden Villa on Monday 4/21. The species has nested here each of the past 3 springs and it seems likely that they will do so once again. I haven't recorded House Wren as a nesting species on this property in past years, but a pair has been noisily defending a nest in the eastern corner of the oldest residence on the property, the "White House", where they have found an ideal knot-hole in a fascia-board permitting entry just under the eaves. A Wilson's Warbler seems to be settling in for the breeding season, although I've been unable to confirm any particular breeding behavior excepting persistent song from a location near our Tin Barn, near the center of the farm. Of 26 active nests located so far this season, 3 each belong to Black Phoebes, American Robins, House Finches, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, and Dark-eyed Juncos (which began feeding young outside the nest for the first time on 4/22, even as others were still nest-building on 4/21). Others of note include single nests of Western Bluebirds, Western Scrub Jays, Nuttall's Woodpeckers, and the previously-reported Raven nest near the entrance to the farm. Access note: Hidden Villa is a private, nonprofit farm and wilderness preserve open to everyone from 9-5 Tues-Sun (we are closed Mondays). There are 16 miles of hiking trails as well as the central farm, although the latter - conveniently - is the birdiest area. Access during summer gets trickier - you'll want to check the website (hiddenvilla.org) for more details. --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ 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]]