From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jun 18 17:57:14 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5J0sdix022233 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:54:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5J0rqMV022189 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 17:53:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: [SBB] San Antonio Valley 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]] I had not managed to get to San Antonio Valley this spring, but I was able to find some time for a trip there today. Activity is probably quite a bit lower than it was a month ago; but today's weather (relatively cool, partly cloudy, wind not too bad) was somewhat helpful. And I did get to see three of four target valley specialties. Lewis's Woodpecker: I saw just 1, a calling adult about 1/3 mile south of the Junction. (I did a quick check over the next 3 miles south, but likely not very thorough.) Phainopepla: There were at least three about 4 miles north of the junction. (If there were a white milepost here it would be approximately 9.1.) This included at least one adult male, and probably a bird chased by the first (but viewed only in silhouette) was another male, with the two maintaining territory on opposite sides of the road. This is a nice little spot (there's water), and also had Bullock's Oriole and several Black-headed Grosbeaks. I also heard one Phainopepla near the cattle guard (milepost 5.55). Sage Sparrow: The birds near the aforementioned cattle guard weren't cooperating; indded, things were generally very quiet here. But in the afternoon, I had 2 or 3 (2 seen) between 0.7 and 0.8 miles east of the junction on del Puerto Road. I missed Lawrence's Goldfinch, despite poking all around the Fire Station (which did have Lesser Goldfinch and House Finch feeding young), and also checking a number of other places which had Lessers. I never even heard suggestive calls. Finally, I didn't find any unusual species of note. But all in all perhaps better than I might have expected at this time of year. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]