From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 23 00:02:11 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1N80YOG005884 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1N7xt3w005849 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:59:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from KrisDesktop ([64.169.18.243]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built Oct 18 2002)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:54:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:54:34 -0800 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <004001c2db10$d1787f90$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 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 h1N7xt3w005849 Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin Park & Sierra Rd. 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: I searched in vain for the Long-eared Owl today at Ed Levin Park, along with Brooke Miller and Bob Juhl and Marcel (last name?). Brooke and Bob had been there since 10:30am, Marcel earlier. Brooke and Bob did find a BARN OWL that flushed and I was later able to get a peek at it through the trees. Brooke and Bob had found a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER in a flowering Eucalyptus and showed me where to find it. They said they had gotten some good photos of it. I saw a NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS and a HAIRY WOODPECKER in the willows/stream in the Elm picnic area. There was also a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE on the far fence near the golf course. None of us heard nor saw any Selasphorous hummingbirds, but we saw lots of Anna's. When I arrived, there were three swallows zooming almost in delight over the entrance; I am pretty sure they were TREE SWALLOWS. Later on, over Sandy Wool Lake there were two BARN SWALLOWS. I hiked up the Sycamores above the green gate -- but no interesting sparrows. One SAY'S PHOEBE. Did see lots of raptors: 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS flying together up over the hang gliders (one Harrier been down on the ground eating earlier), several RED-TAILED HAWKS, and one GOLDEN EAGLE -- which, as Bob Reiling said, makes the Red-tails look "tiny". Since I had never taken the Felter-Sierra Road, I drove that loop on the way home. Wow! It is such a gorgeous drive. Lot of raucous YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIES (I think they beat out even the scrub and steller jays) and ACORN WOODPECKERS. I did not encounter any Horned Larks or Lark Sparrows, just WESTERN MEADOWLARKS. In one stock pond, a GREAT-BLUE HERON was trying to swallow a truly huge Bullfrog. It finally managed somehow. Later a GREAT EGRET flew into pond from over the green hills; I wonder if there is a 'stock pond' economy out there for the herons and egrets. I finally saw five WESTERN BLUEBIRDS on the west side of the summit - yeah! I made a super quick stop at the Jubilee Christian Center in Alviso on the way home; saw 4 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, 4 BURROWING OWLS, maybe 100 CANADA GEESE and one GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Also another NORTHERN SHRIKE. Good birding! Kris _______________________________________________ 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]]