From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Mar 25 18:59:12 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2Q2v4iu029011 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.48]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2Q2uMZQ028973 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:56:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0509.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.193.254] helo=birdnutz.com) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18y15Q-0006ru-00 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:56:20 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:56:27 -0800 Subject: Re: [SBB] Poorwill etc. at Hidden Villa Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) 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]] I've seen them often in Coyote Brush and sometimes in eucalyptus. Les Chibana On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 04:53 PM, Leda Beth Gray wrote: > Hi Garth and SBB, > > Great report! > > I checked David Shuford's Marin Breeding Bird Atlas, and he says that > Bushtits build their nests in various trees or shrubs, both native and > introduced. He goes on to say that on the coast, live oak and > ceanothus are > favorites. I've had the same experience of usually seeing their nests > in > live oaks. > > Leda Beth Gray > Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society > >> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:55:29 -0800 >> To: <[[email protected]]> >> Subject: [SBB] Poorwill etc. at Hidden Villa >> >> All, >> A Common Poorwill was calling from the chaparral slope just north of >> the >> central parking lot at Hidden Villa this morning 3/25/2003 at 5:40 >> AM. A >> Violet-green Swallow was carrying nesting material (a long strand of >> dry >> grass) around the poolhouse area where they traditionally nest >> (actually in a >> vent beneath the eaves of said poolhouse.) And our first Barn Swallow >> of the >> season here at HV was scoping its old nest under the eaves of our >> Education >> Center. >> >> Black Phoebes are tending nests at several HV buildings, while at >> least two >> nests of Oak Titmice are active in HV nestboxes. Bushtits are also >> nestbuilding at various points around the property. >> >> Speaking of Bushtit nesting, it seems to me that I always see them in >> Live Oak >> trees, but yesterday I observed a Bushtit nest under construction in a >> Eucalyptus at Cumberland School in Sunnyvale. Question: How readily >> do they >> accept other tree and/or shrub species as nest sites? (Given the >> spread of >> Sudden Oak Death in our area, I am suddenly glad of any indication >> that a >> species is not utterly dependent on our oaks!) >> >> One pair of Western Bluebirds had begun nest construction at Byrne >> Park in Los >> Altos Hills yesterday 3/24. An Oak Titmouse nest there held 6 eggs. >> >> --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/ >> lbg2dd%40earthlink.n >> et >> >> This email sent to [[email protected]] > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > les%40birdnutz.com > > This email sent to [[email protected]] > _______________________________________________ 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]]