From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Mar 10 12:02:07 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2AJxaix021740 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:59:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2AJwtZQ021704 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:58:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS1 SMTP Relay (MMS v5.5.0)); Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:58:34 -0700 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA10606 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:58: 36 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id h2AJwmVE000665 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:58:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:56:38 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-WSS-ID: 127231E0166009-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] On Sunday, 9 Mar 03, I took a little walk in Almaden Quicksilver Park. Spring breeding activity is certainly picking up, with lots of singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and PURPLE FINCHES, among others. I couldn't find any siskins among the LESSER GOLDFINCHES, though. An adult COOPER'S HAWK was soaring overhead at one point. An interesting find was a pair of HUTTON'S VIREOS building a nest about 6 feet above the ground in a toyon bush that was about 20 feet off the trail. I'm more used to seeing these birds build higher up in oak trees. I then drove to Almaden Reservoir, where the first bird I saw was a flyby PRAIRIE FALCON at the Hicks Road intersection. This may be the same bird that has been hanging out around nearby Calero Reservoir (it looked to be headed in that direction). Down at the dam end of the reservoir I had a pair of COMMON MERGANSERS, a single female COMMON GOLDENEYE, and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Going by Calero Reservoir, I had the GOLDEN EAGLE sitting on the power tower nest. The only tern over the reservoir was a FORSTER'S. At Coyote Ranch Marsh there were 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS roosting in the reeds. Others have probably dispersed to breeding sites already. A COMMON MOORHEN was also present in the marsh. At the north end of the middle lake of the Parkway chain (near the dam), there are 2 GREAT BLUE HERON nests with birds sitting in incubation positions. An OSPREY was perched along the edge of the northern-most lake. NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS are apparently in at many locations, as I had them at Almaden Reservoir, Coyote Ranch Marsh, and Parkway Lakes. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]