From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Mar 30 19:46:09 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2V3iAit025925 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:44:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from plaidworks.com (dsl081-078-186.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.78.186]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2V3hVZQ025887 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:43:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:43:29 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Subject: [SBB] some back yard birding... 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]] digging out from the winter in the back yard brought a few interesting tidbits. Laurie saw our first hooded oriole, a male, who checked out the feeder, saw humans, and ran. That seems exceptionally early to me for this location. There are both lesser and american goldfinches at the niger. These seem to be resident now, they're always around, but the guys are in sunday come a meetin' clothes right now. I'd say 20 individuals, about half and half. Our chestnut-backed chickadees have stuck around, too, at least two males and three individuals. The big surprise to me were the mockingbirds. I've been hearing them at night drowning out the car alarms, but in spending significant time outside this weekend, the neighborhood is lousy with them. I've identified ten pairs and seen three probable nesting sites, all within easy view of the house front/back yards. this is notable because over the last few years this neighborhood has been slowly taken over by scrub jays, with significant fighting going on (and the mockingbirds losing). I can't find a scrub jay this year -- the entire population seems to have gone elsewhere, and the mockingbirds have repopulated the area in great numbers. Mid-week, I clearly heard some kind of whistling duck over the noise of the ducks and geese at central park. not seeing it, I'd define the whistle as like a Mandarin, but I don't trust myself (you shouldn't!) Location is central park, Santa Clara. Our house is within view of the park... _______________________________________________ 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]]