From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jan 28 11:09:58 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0SJ7Y50012853 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:07:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from concord.eddata.com (concord.eddata.com [216.2.25.194]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0SJ6wSE012812 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:07:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by CONCORD with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:10:19 -0800 Message-ID: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9A5AC0B6@CONCORD> From: Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:10:14 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [SBB] Waaaay south bay eagles, merlin; rfi 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]] Hi all, Bit of a geographical stretch, but since so many of you appear to be visiting Panoche Valley lately (good decision), I thought I'd mention that Santa Ana Valley in central San Benito County is pretty hot for wintering/resident raptors now. Going to/from Panoche Valley, it's easy to access the valley by turning off Highway 25 and onto Quien Sabe Road just opposite the small church at the south end of Tres Pinos. The valley is reached in a few minutes, and by turning left, you can cover most of the valley and drop right onto Fairview Road for your trip home. My wife and I took a short after-work walk from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, going from John Smith Road, south to Quien Sabe and back. The score: two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS -- one with a very full crop resting on the ground, 5 GOLDEN EAGLES, 4 BALD EAGLES, 1 MERLIN, 2 NORTHERN HARRIER, many RED-TAILED HAWKS. One oak tree held two adult Bald Eagles and two Golden Eagles, perched just a few feet from one another. We had an immature Bald Eagle fly by with wing tags attached. The tags were attached near the wrist, and were large and orange with black numbers -- kind of like the California Condor tags many of you may be familiar with. The bird came up from behind, and didn't give us time to get the number in fading light. Does anyone know where/when this bird might have been tagged? I'm posting the same question to Calbirds, and for those of you who get both, my apologies. Good birding, Mark Paxton, San Benito County _______________________________________________ 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]]