From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat May 10 17:48:47 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4B0ikIs010652 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:44:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4B0gKvn010578 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 17:42:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: [SBB] Yellow (in part) X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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 planned today, in part, to catch up on some recent sightings of Yellow-somethinged birds. I started at the Arzino Ranch, but didn't find any Yellow-headed Blackbirds either by the parking lot or along the Disk Drive extension (which is where most of the Redwinged were). I did notice some baby KILLDEER and CANADA GEESE, plus a pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL and at least 2 LONG-BILLED CURLEWs (and of course BURROWING OWLs). Next on to Ed Levin - the Elms area and the first part of the Agua Caliente trail (east of Sandy Wool Lake). The birds I found were pretty much the same as what I've had on my last couple of visits (including continuing PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER singing at Elms, and the same or another WESTERN TANAGER singing there as well). One bit of news: a dedication was in progress for a City of Milpitas dog park, by the picnic area/Euc grove at the Agua Caliente trailhead. Early afternoon, I walked north from Bloomfield Road (Gilroy) along the west levee of Llagas Creek. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was singing quite a bit (this was around 1 PM and later) from the weedy field on the west side of the trail, just before the first side road. I suspect this is the same location as Bill Bousman's first individual a couple of weeks ago. However, I couldn't persuade the bird to show itself; it often seemed to be on the downslope near the levee. [On a couple of occasions I thought I *may* have heard a Chat call coming from a slightly different spot than the song, but they were not simultaneous, and it could well have been a sort of ventriloqual effect.] There wasn't much else singing - mainly COMMON YELLOWTHROATs and SONG SPARROWs, plus 2 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKs and one or two WILSON'S WARBLERs, Finches, Towhees, etc. The second pond (the first with appreciable water) had about 90 DOWITCHERs, 60 WESTERN SANDPIPERs, and one SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Unfortunately, I didn't get a repeat performance from Mike's Bitterns. I didn't go past pond 3. On my way home, I stopped again at Arzino, this time simply waiting by the little wet area at the northeast corner of the Jubilee parking. Sure enough, at about 4:35 a couple of YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS landed for about a half minute, before heading on to the north -- these were a young male (which was giving a half-hearted song) and a female; another bird flew off with them, likely the second reported female. Immediately after that, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE came by low over the field, pursued by the Red brigade (-winged Blackbirds and a pair of -tailed Hawks), affording some great views. It landed on the ground toward Grand Avenue, still nicely visible (possibly dining). Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]