From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Mar 13 12:31:48 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2DKSxj0011221 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:29:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from concord.eddata.com (concord.eddata.com [216.2.25.194]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2DKSRZQ011183 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:28:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by CONCORD with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:28:22 -0800 Message-ID: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9A5AC1F2@CONCORD> From: Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:28:20 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [SBB] Llagas Creek -- south bay and a question 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, Stopped by Llagas Creek at Bloomfield Road at 8:30 this morning. Only had a few minutes to spare, so did not bird down to the back of the Gilroy sewer ponds, but large, distant flocks of waterfowl on the wing says these are still holding large numbers. A House Wren was singing and flitting around under the Bloomfield Road overpass. European Starling were carrying nesting materials into a hollow area that's part of a utility pole insulator. The willow catkins are open, and attracting large numbers of feeding birds. Interesting to see a sizeable flock of American Goldfinches (many quite bright with ragged black caps growing in) feeding mixed with Audubon's Warblers doing likewise. All sparrows but Fox were also feeding on this pollen -- gotta try it some time. Large numbers of swallows very high overhead (50-60 individuals), but none appeared to be Cliff yet. I heard a call with which I am unfamiliar. Sora and Virginia Rail call regularly at this locale, but this was unlike their calls. Hard to describe, but several (3-4) musical notes, descending, were followed by notes that were combined with a drumming sound -- reminiscent of a grouse drumming. If any of you are opera fans, the bird seemed to begin its aria as an alto and then switch to an alto/baritone combination. I know American Bittern have a deep, grouselike call, but I've never heard it associated with the rest of this string. Any guesses? Also seen (in order of observation): Scrub Jay, American Crow, Northern Mockingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Common Yellowthroat, Mallards, Northern Harrier, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, California Towhee, American Robin, LB Marsh Wren, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-Tailed Hawk, California Quail, Red-winged Blackbird, Snowy Egret, Oak Titmouse. Not seen, but relatively common and vocal at this site a week ago: Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Mark Paxton _______________________________________________ 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]]