From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Mar 6 16:26:43 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h270NJiw003103 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com (imo-d03.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h270MbZQ003065 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:22:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id t.149.bf12262 (3956) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:22:31 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:22:30 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10638 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Pine Siskins 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, This morning (Thurs, 3/6) a flock of about fifteen PINE SISKINS was seen with Lesser Goldfinch at Quicksilver CP. Specifically they were seen working a budding blue oak at the McAbee Rd entrance trailhead. I continued my hike along the Senador Mines / Guadalupe / Mine Hill trail loop, and here are a few other birds of interest. In another blue oak at the top of the ridge was another flock of Lesser Goldfinch, this time associating with several PURPLE FINCH. These finch flocks seem to prefer the budding blue oaks. A small group of about ten CEDAR WAXWINGS was working through a picked-over toyon bush. Other birds included a drumming and calling HAIRY WOODPECKER, calling HUTTON'S VIREOS, and two trilliing heard-only ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (I had a "seen" OCWA the day before in an oak by the O'Day property along Alamitos Rd upstream from Almaden Reservoir). With the warmer spring-like weather some butterflies are beginning to appear. Here's a sample of what's been seen lately at Quicksilver CP and Mt Um: Calif Ringlet, Sara Orangetip, Brown Elfin, Spring Azure, West Coast Lady, Calif Tortoiseshell, and W. Tiger Swallowtail That's it for now - Ann Verdi _______________________________________________ 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]]