From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Feb 26 14:25:54 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1QMNqEK017670 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r03.mx.aol.com (imo-r03.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.99]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1QMNJfr017635 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id t.146.b89ce56 (3964) for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:23:14 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:23:13 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10634 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] County birding 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, Anticipating partly cloudy weather Frank Vanslager and I decided to bird the John Nicholson Trail of Sanborn County Park from Black Road to the Lake Ranch Reservoir. Unfortunately it stayed cold and cloudy. Best bird was at least one (possibly two) calling PILEATED WOODPECKER(s), unfortunately we did not find or hear Winter Wren (we might have had one near the trailhead but did pursue it) or Pygmy Nuthatch. We did have Varied Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Oak Titmouse, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hutton's Vireo, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, Black Phoebe, Steller's Jay, Western Scrub-Jay, Northern Flicker, Common Raven, Mallard, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe and Double-crested Cormorant. At one point two Hutton's Vireo, fairly close to us and each other, were singing the same song when suddenly they both switched, instantly to a new song. This is apparently a fairly common event that I have never witnessed before (I know they have a wide variety of songs but I have never before been witness to one so obviously changing it's song). It seemed so uncharacteristic of "Johnny One-note." Next best bird for the day was a HAIRY WOODPECKER, a county year bird, found on the Santa Clara County side of Hwy. 35. Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:22 PM, 2/26/03 _______________________________________________ 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]]