From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 9 23:39:38 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A6bja9016891 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:37:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A6asfF016837 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from KrisDesktop ([64.169.18.243]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built Oct 18 2002)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:38:55 -0700 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: "'Peninsula-Birding'" <[[email protected]]>, "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <003201c32f1a$f6e517d0$6501a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h5A6asfF016837 Cc: Subject: [SBB] PASBC - Wunderlich & Bayfront Parks (regions 7 & 1) 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]] Hello Birders: With the help of Gloria Heller and my dad, I covered Wunderlich Park for the summer bird count. Gloria got all the good birds! She covered Skylonda pond (2 fly over RED CROSSBILLS), Skywood Way, Skyline Blvd down to the Crossroads and back in Wunderlich. She also heard a HERMIT WARBLER at the top of the park (and is submitting documentation to Bill Bousman.) On Gloria's list was a PINE SISKIN, HAIRY WOODPECKER, ACORN WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, PYGMY NUTHATCH, CASSIN'S VIREO, HUTTON'S VIREO and WARBLING VIREO, WINTER WREN, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, WILSON'S WARBLER, ALLEN'S HUMMING BIRD, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and BAND-TAILED PIGEONS. My dad and I covered Wunderlich from the bottom up to Alambique Flat (signs of Pileated Woodpecker, but none heard nor seen). Found the same set of woodpeckers as Gloria including a noisy pair of Hairy Woodpeckers, several Pacific Slope Flycatchers, a single Grosbeak, a single Warbling Vireo, one Bewick's Wren, several male Allen's Hummingbirds in rather dense woods, and a gazillion CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES. Since we were supposed to be looking for breeding evidence, I managed to find a couple of begging immature chickadees among the hordes. Also an immature Steller's Jay, Spotted Towhee, and several Dark-eyed Juncos. I heard one RED-TAILED HAWK and saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Both Gloria and I saw COMMON RAVENS. An uneventful 5 miles. Earlier I had spent 2.5 hours at Bayfront Park off Marsh Road. Again, nothing unusual. In terms of breeding, there were baby GADWALLs of somewhat different ages with 2 sets of parents; baby and immature MALLARDS; and 6 sets of immature and baby CANADA GEESE. The most any one family had was 6 young. The 6 families stayed together. There were 5 AMERICAN AVOCETS and 3 BLACK-NECKED STILTS apparently sitting on "nests" on a levee north of the park. They stayed in one location the entire time I was there. Near the park entrance were 70 CLIFF-SWALLOW nests and a concomitant number of adults buzzing in and out. I saw one VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW feeding with them; I think they nest on the other side of 101. Out back by the sewer ponds was a family of BARN SWALLOWS, soon joined by 20-30 more zipping overhead and then low over the marsh. Also on the eastern marshes were 3 WHITE-TAILED KITES: 2 immatures with rusty streaks and 1 adult. There was a single MARSH WREN singing very loudly from a tall reed; he would dive down and return to the same spot over and over, in plain view. Several AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES were feeding on thistles or calling from the tops of eucalyptus trees. [By the way, Menlo Park plans to develop all of the park: playing fields (which are desperately needed) and a junior golf course, etc. I doubt that they are leaving space for the American Pipits and Longspurs who winter there!] One the way back from Wunderlich Park, I stopped by the Kaiser Hospital building on Veteran's to see if I could relocate Peter Metropulos's White-throated Swifts.[This is region 3.] No luck. However, a KESTREL perched on the top of the hospital and an immature COOPER'S HAWK darted in and out of the row of small trees on the one of the hospital driveways as I tried for a better look. Encinal School (off Middlefield in Atherton), according to Leda Beth Gray and her team, had two families of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (only 1 had bred there; 5 babies were banded May 19, so perhaps the M-A high school family was visiting) and a family of VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. There is one swallow nesting in tiny hole over room 18, and one in a spacious nest box. I located the last remaining quail in Lindenwood (Atherton between Oak Grove and Marsh Roads and east of Middlefield). This time I only saw the male. At Christmas I found a pair. I was hoping to see babies this time. They hang out at Irving and Hawthorne. One of the adult Red-tails who is nesting in our neighborhood soared in as I got home, but I forgot to go back to see the 2 juveniles in the nest so they could be counted! Kris Olson Menlo Park _______________________________________________ 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]]