From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Mar 1 14:22:00 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h21MJUEL016708 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 14:19:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h21MIsfr016670 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Mar 2003 14:18:54 -0800 (PST) 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]]; Sat, 01 Mar 2003 14:18:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 14:18:16 -0800 From: Kris Olson <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <035b01c2e040$782e1550$6401a8c0@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 h21MIsfr016670 Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin Park - sparrows & raptors X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ 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 All, Birded Ed Levin Park with Jim Danzenbaker this morning in search of sparrows and had a wonderful time as it slowly grew sunnier and warmer. RAPTORS (8 species): Golden Eagle - 1 White-tailed Kites - 2 - pursing the eagle Red-Shouldered Hawk - 1 heard Red-tailed Hawks - 6 or more Turkey Vultures Coopers Hawk - 1 -- flying north over the hills; Jim wonders if it is already migrating Northern Harrier - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1- perched, as we drove out SPARROWS: In addition to Golden-crowned and one White-crowned Sparrow, we found 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows up above the Sycamore trees. They were calling, sometimes quite excitedly, and seemed to be chasing each other in pairs. Hmmm. Spring is here! In the rocks and sage here, we found a Bewick's Wren (Jim recognizes every call it makes, I was impressed!), Cal and Spotted Towhees, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler. [Someone found a rattlesnake in this area last week.] We also finally saw 1 Grasshopper Sparrow, due to Jim's tracking abilities, on the hill above the path on the way up to the Sycamores. It was hanging out near a ridge with sage and a few rocks. It either flew low or kept to the ground, hidden in the grass. Does this mean it is a wintering bird? Tadd Ottman and Debbie Wong reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows yesterday above the water tank. (Is there more than 1 water tank? Ours was near the first tank -- but quite a ways up the slope.) Very hard to get a look at this guy, but finally got a couple of good ones as it scurried away in the grass, pausing to look back at us. We were not carrying scopes, so this was all through binoculars. OTHER BIRDS: Tree Swallows - 5 of them; two were guarding last year's nest site in the white metal gate on the far side of Sandy Wool Lake. There were so determined to not leave the gate that we were able to walk up to 10' of them before they moved to a nearby fence to continue their guard. The instant we passed, they were back on that gate. Loggerhead Shrike Say's Phoebe - calling Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker Wild Turkeys - calling, Jim heard two different groups Peacocks -- at the ranch/farm below; we could see on on the house roof when we were pursing Grasshopper Sparrows Good birding! We also ran into Les Chibana and one of his field trip groups. 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]]