From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 9 17:07:24 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A05ba9010739 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:05:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mms3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [63.70.210.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A044fF010682 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:04:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (MMS v5.5.2)); Mon, 09 Jun 2003 17:04:06 -0700 Received: from mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.23]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA07448 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/SSM3) with ESMTP id h5A03tMW014344 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id h5A03t0N018765 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:03:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:01:35 -0700 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 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 12FBFFFC9306-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] On Sunday, 8 Jun 03, I took a walk along the Coyote Creek bike path between Metcalf Road and Coyote Ranch Road. The male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE was in his usual spot above the reeds at Parkway Lakes. I didn't spend a lot of time there, so didn't see the female. Along the creek I had flybys of BELTED KINGFISHER, CASPIAN TERN (heading south), and GREEN HERON. The pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS is still in the same location as last week, and still getting agitated at flyover RED-TAILED HAWKS. I'm still unable to see any evidence of a nest, though. Coyote Ranch Marsh had a brightly-colored COMMON MOORHEN, obviously in a high hormone state. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are nesting in the marsh. I saw a slew of them come out of the reeds to mob a passing GREAT BLUE HERON, and I watched a female feeding a young bird. Birds heard singing but not seen included a YELLOW WARBLER, a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and a WARBLING VIREO. There is a HOUSE WREN that does some "churring" from a stand of walnuts, but keeps itself out of sight. A couple of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS are residing along this stretch of creek. A small mob of birds included a couple each of CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, OAK TITMICE, and BUSHTITS that were calling excitedly around a dead stub with a couple woodpecker holes and a larger cavity. I don't know what they were worked up about, but I couldn't detect anything at the entrances to any of these holes. I wondered whether there was an owl hunkered down in the larger one. Also along this stretch of creek were 5-6 CALIFORNIA THRASHERS. They were quite active, with at least 2 singing persistently. This mimic's capabilities seem to go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated, especially when compared with the mockingbird. However, they were in fine form on this day producing the calls of Bewick's Wren, Western Scrub-jay, Oak Titmouse, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Killdeer, Downy Woodpecker, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Common Raven. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]