From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Mar 10 14:14:48 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2AM7Hiw024339 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:07:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail07b.vwh1.net (mail07b.vwh1.net [209.238.9.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with SMTP id h2AM6aZQ024293 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:06:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.206.251) by mail07b.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.63s) with SMTP id 058379 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:06:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <003001c2e751$12f357a0$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:04:50 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Loop-Detect: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Arastradero Nestboxes off to the races! (+ Wild Turkey etc.) 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h2AM7Hiw024339 All, My inaugural 2003 check of nestboxes along the northwestern boundary of Arastradero Preserve today (3/10/2003) yielded 4 active Oak Titmouse nests and one of White-breasted Nuthatches despite heavy infestations of bumblebees and deer mice. I evicted 2 of 3 nests of noisy bumbles once I discovered how unaggressive they actually were - I hope the birds get back in first! Also tipped out 2 large mouse broods, fully grown, some of which fled upwards into the treetops rather than down. Astonishing climbers, they. One box which I mounted on an oak trunk at 5' several years ago is now at 2.5' due to erosional deposition. A lone Wild Turkey hen was stymied by a 5' cyclone fence at the northern boundary of the preserve. She paced nervously back and forth along the fence without attempting a hopover for a full half hour, wearing quite a trail in the tall grass, before my proximity finally goaded her over. (This spot is less than 1/2 mile from the San Mateo County border, in case she gets there - word is that SM records of Wild Turkey are uncommon in recent years.) Other birds encountered included at least 3 Red-tailed Hawks, one of which was under attack by a territorial White-tailed Kite, and a Cooper's Hawk emitting the warning calls I've only heard near nest sites...? A foursome of Violet-green Swallows was also checking out nest cavities and heckling Red-tails. Northern Rough-winged Swallows were checking out the drain holes under the Hwy 280/Page Mill Rd. overpass. --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ 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]]