From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 9 17:23:13 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A0Laa9011136 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:21:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.64.14.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A0KPfF011090 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h5A0JQ2q029859 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:19:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.66.165.51] (DNab42a533.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.51]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A0ID8w028870 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:18:11 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Grant <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] PA SBC birds 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]] -- SBBirders--- On Saturday June 7 Karen and I covered a portion of the Stanford foothills, including the Dish recreational area, Felt Lake and Piers ranch, for the Palo Alto Summer Bird Count. We started at 4:40 AM on Old page Mill Rd. between I-280 and Junipero Serra, and managed to get 3 W. SCREECH OWLS responding to a taped call. After toting up the dawn choristers there, we stopped at the Arastradero Preserve parking lot and had a pair of WESTERN KINGBIRDS foraging, chasing Black Phoebes, and flying up into the big eucalyptus trees bordering Arastradero Rd. And thanks to tips from Garth Harwood and Ruth Troetschler, we checked the swallows carefully and did, indeed, find TREE SWALLOWS visiting nestboxes in the parking lot. Karen and I then split up, and she covered the residential road that parallels Alpine Rd. just behind Rosatti's at the Arastradero intersection. She had a displaying male WILD TURKEY in the same spot we had one last year. She next went to the Arastradero Preserve boundary that affords a view of Felt Lake and recorded a CASPIAN TERN, GREEN HERON, and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Meanwhile I hiked the "Dish" trail starting from the Alpine Rd. parking area and finishing at Junipero Serra and Stanford. Ave. I had another pair of WESTERN KINGBIRDS inspecting possible nest sites on the big Dish structure, where I had them on a nest several years ago. About 1/4 mile southeast of that structure is a smaller dish structure, and I had a copulating pair of LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES there. Karen scored a good "drive-by" bird later in the day as she was travelling south on I-280 just past Alpine Rd.---a GOLDEN EAGLE soaring over the foothills. The countdown dinner was lots of fun; thanks to Ruth and Gend Troetschler for hosting once again, and to Jack Cole for handling the count organization. P.S.---did we ever hear from the Jasper Ridge counters? Any Cassin's Vireos? ---Grant Hoyt _______________________________________________ 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]]