From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jan 21 07:34:39 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0LFWJ4s023994 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:32:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0LFVFSE023930 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:31:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from h-69-3-240-158.snvacaid.covad.net ([69.3.240.158] helo=hp9870) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18b0Mq-0005Gx-00; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:31:12 -0500 From: "Brooke Miller" <[[email protected]]> To: "Monterey Birds E-Mail List" <[[email protected]]>, "List Birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:29:25 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1 Subject: [SBB] Panoche Valley, 20 January 2003 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]] Bob Juhl and I made a trip to Panoche Valley yesterday, 1/20/03, and, other than some lingering ground fog above Paicines Reservoir, which did clear up, we had clear and sunny weather. Of note at Paicines Reservoir we had two BALD EAGLES, 1 FERRUGINOUS HAWK, 2 RED TAILED HAWKS, a group of 10 COMMON MERGANSERS, several RINGED NECK DUCKS, and a pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS. Across the road from Paicines Store we observed several EUROPEAN STARLINGS going in and out of a hole in one of the trees in a row that are cut flat on top. At 6.1 miles in on Panoche Road from Paicines Store, we spotted our first two Phainopepla (male and female). While stopped for a cattle drive at 13.7 miles down Panoche Road, we had extended and close views of a vocalizing female PHAINOPEPLA on an oak right next to the road. Two male PHAINOPEPLAS were also seen here as well. Just as we were given the go-ahead to move down the road we spotted a GOLDEN EAGLE. At 18.7 miles we spotted another BALD EAGLE sitting in a tree fairly close to the road on our right side. Less than 1 mile before the Panoche Inn we observed our fourth BALD EAGLE on a pole on the left side of the road. It flew down, seemed to grab something and then landed on the ground to eat it. We were scooping for MOUNTAIN PLOVER on the ground here but didn’t see them. We did, however, hear, then spot the flock of around 150 of them flying in circles around the area, down close to the ground, then up above, around and around. They didn’t land in the 10 minutes or so that we watched them. At and past the Silver Creek Ranch (further up Panoche Road, after it turns to dirt) we spotted a FERRUGINOUS HAWK on a pole, just across from the Silver Creek Ranch gate. Past Silver Creek Ranch, over the creek and just up the road on the left, at least two ROCK WREN and a ROADRUNNER gave us good and long views, as well as several HORNED LARK and a PRAIRIE FALCON fly over. Approximately 1.1 miles up the BLM Road off Little Panoche Road we saw a flock of perhaps 8 LARK SPARROWS. Back on Little Panoche Road and ½ mile east of the BLM Road we observed another ROCK WREN. One mile later we noticed a GOLDEN EAGLE on the ground, then take off, on the left side of the road. We saw lots of SAY’S PHOEBES and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE all day. We didn’t see any Cassin’s Kingbirds, Mountain Bluebirds or Chukar. Brooke Miller Los Altos, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]