From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jul 4 18:28:01 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h651QrGT008584 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:26:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h651OL8b008531 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:24:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcaurgd.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.110.13] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Ybml-0005vy-00 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 04 Jul 2003 18:24:20 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 18:31:02 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Black-chinned Hummingbird (Guadalupe River) X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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]] Folks: This morning, 7/4/2003, I birded along the Guadalupe River from Curtner to below Malone where the river splits away from Almaden Road. I birded this area of disturbed riparian based on Steve Rottenborn's postings from 1995 when he found good numbers of breeding BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS along Coyote Creek, Los Gatos Creek, and the Guadalupe River within the urban area. Today, I found about a dozen hummingbirds along this stretch of creek. All that I could see well were female or immatures. I counted about three Anna's Hummingbirds and four Black-chinneds. Although there are juvenile Anna's about now, the proportionally longer bill of the Black-chinned and its white undertail coverts should be sufficient to identify a well-seen bird. I had one female Black-chinned just starting a nest about eye level from Almaden Road in a sycamore sapling. A BELTED KINGFISHER was flying along the creek and was carrying a crayfish which it was apparently taking to a nest (CF). Just where the river leaves Almaden Road below Malone I heard a SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing and saw it fly off down the river, where I could hear it continuing to sing in the distance (above Willow Glen Road). I don't know anywhere that this once-common thrush breeds in Santa Clara County, although they are abundant along the coast. It was a pleasure to listen to the song of this ghost from the past when these birds thrived in the healthy riparian along our valley streams. Bill P.S. If anyone on SBB lives within a block of Coyote Creek, Los Gatos Creek, and Guadalupe River as they flow through the urban area and they put out hummingbird feeders, I would like to discuss Black-chinned Hummingbirds. P.S.S. Please note my address change. _______________________________________________ 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]]