From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 2 12:24:11 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h12KMA4x017532 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:22:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h12KLQSE017494 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:21:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from KrisDesktop ([64.169.18.243]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built Oct 18 2002)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sun, 02 Feb 2003 12:20:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 12:18:21 -0800 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <01ae01c2caf8$3ebba420$6601a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h12KLQSE017494 Subject: [SBB] Monte Bello OSP owling, Feb. 2 X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 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]] Hello Birders: Joining the throngs of birders at Monte Bello OSP in the wee hours of the morning this week, Dave Quady and I met there at 4:15 am today to do a little owling. The weather had really changed from earlier this week, however: it was COLD and quite breezy. Hats, mittens, vests, fleece and jackets. Our trip birds: 4:25 am - WESTERN SCREECH OWL, heard on Canyon Trail -- near the Sag Pond (2/10 mile from road) 5:30am - NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, heard just past the intersection of Canyon and Stevens Creek trails (9/10 mile, per map, from Page Mill). We had tried for both Screech and Saw-whet down the Stevens Creek trail first. Dave left for Santa Cruz & the Nutting's Flycatcher at 5:30am, so I stayed (alone in the cold and dark!) and kept Saw-whet-whistling for the owl, which responded again several times. It was very close. I heard a rustling and saw it in my light flying across the path in front of me. Could not find it perched, however. Clever owl. It quit calling around 5:45 am. 6:00 am - 2 WESTERN SCREECH OWLS called spontaneously close to the intersection of Canyon and Indian Creek trails. 6:00 am - 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS called back and forth near the "Meadow", stopped calling around 6:30am. A third had called softly earlier near the Saw-whet. 6:00 - 7:30am - the Meadow (just before intersection with Indian Creek trail), beyond and back. Heard coyotes yipping several times. Really wonderful. CALIFORNIA THRASHERS calling (6:45am, first bird to call), both jays, ROBINS, WREN-TITS, RAVENS, 1 or 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS called at 7am down in the canyon, BAND-TAILED PIGEONS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS (about the first to make an "in bird" (as opposed to "in person" appearance). Two VARIED THRUSHES also popped up early. I did not hear a Northern Pygmy Owl, except for one possible very faint toot, which every other owling party had heard this week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday) -- change in weather? I walked back to the Sag Pond, where I stayed from 8:30-9:15 am, and did not see or hear any woodpeckers. Did see 2 more VARIED THRUSHES along the way, three female PURPLE FINCHES, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, HUTTONS VIREOS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 OAK TITMOUSE, 1 BEWICK'S WREN. Did not encounter any of the birds that were seen earlier in the week -- Winter Wren, Townsend's Warblers, Brown Creeper, Pygmy Nuthatches. Saw a WHITE-TAILED KITE kiting as I walked out. Back at the roadside parking, there were 4 WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, 10 LESSER GOLDFINCHES and a pair of PURPLE FINCHES with the male calling. It always amazes me that bluebirds pick the coldest, windiest perch available; these were no exception. I arrived home, as promised, by 10 am, ready for a cup of coffee! Good birding. Kris Olson Menlo Park _______________________________________________ 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]]