From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Mar 25 16:00:40 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2PNwCiu027059 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:58:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail07a.vwh1.net (mail07a.vwh1.net [209.238.9.57]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with SMTP id h2PNvTZQ027015 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:57:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.206.251) by mail07a.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.78vs) with SMTP id 0939376641 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:57:22 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001b01c2f32a$04c39de0$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:55:29 -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] Poorwill etc. at Hidden Villa 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 h2PNwCiu027059 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/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]