From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Apr 25 15:35:04 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3PMX4La001700 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:33:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail07b.vwh1.net (mail07b.vwh1.net [209.238.9.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with SMTP id h3PMVpE6001661 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:31:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.206.251) by mail07b.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.80vs) with SMTP id 0515679898 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:31:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001a01c30b7a$33b7b920$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:25:07 -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] Hermit Warblers etc. 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 h3PMX4La001700 While hiking with kids at Hidden Villa yesterday 4/24 at about 1PM I had a "dream flock" of mixed insectivores settle into an oak tree just a few feet overhead. In the 2 minutes before our noisy group scared them off, and working without binoculars, I was able to positively identify no less than 3 Hermit Warblers, at least one Wilson's Warbler and at least one Townsend's. There were more than 2 dozen warblers working through the foliage, sometimes as close as 10 feet from my nose, so the IDs were certain although my Lenscrafter optics were somewhat suboptimal. The 3 HEWA were observed simultaneously in the same tree, and I got the impression there were probably more. Location was about 1200 feet elevation along the "Long Bunny Loop Trail". It was hard to leave the area, but I returned ASAP (about 4:30PM) without kids. Could not find the flock then, but did have a vireo, presumably Cassin's but with plumage tantalizingly like that of Plumbeous as portrayed in the 3rd ed. Natl Geo. guide (pg. 309). I noted especially the almost complete lack of yellow tones on any upperparts, seeing only a hint in the shoulder after several minutes of close-range viewing through my binoculars. The throat contrasted strongly with the darker face and crown, and the belly and flanks had only the palest yellowish wash. The bird was patient and persistent, foraging among oak leaves about 20 feet away, throughout my 10 minutes of observation. This bird was silent. At the same location (high point of the LB Loop Trail mentioned above), a pair of Orange-crowned Warblers was gathering nest material and a pair of Bewick's Wrens was carrying food. --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]]