From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri May 23 20:48:14 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4O3kBaA028770 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 May 2003 20:46:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r02.mx.aol.com (imo-r02.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.98]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4O3iWfF028715 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 May 2003 20:44:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36.3.) id q.12d.2a38c160 (3972); Fri, 23 May 2003 23:44:22 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 23:44:22 EDT To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 10581 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Cc: Subject: [SBB] Long Ridge OSP and Hwy 9 at Castle Rock 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]] This morning (5/23) I birding at Long Ridge OSP along Hwy 35 and out Hickory Oaks Trail, then went coastward down along Hwy 9. Interestingly, the song activity for several species was just about as good when I visited Long Ridge in the hot mid-afternoon on Wednesday as it was in the warm dawn today, and the bugs were fierce this morning. A COOPER'S HAWK was calling from Long Ridge OSP southwest of the Grizzly Flat Trailhead, and a GREAT BLUE HERON was glowing in the dawn light as it perched atop a fir a short ways north of Ward Road. I counted 5 singing LAZULI BUNTINGS in the preserve, and 3 singing CHIPPING SPARROWS along the first 0.4 mile of Hickory Oaks Trail. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were singing a short way north of Ward Road (SCZ) and across from the Hickory Oaks Trail head (SCL). I counted six singing YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS from Hickory Oaks south to the vicinity of the Saratoga Summit Fire Station. Four were along Hickory Oaks Trail. A PILEATED WOODPECKER gave one "long call" from the SCL side of the ridge about 200 meters downslope of the Saratoga Summit Fire Station. Moving down Hwy 9 I promptly encountered the first in a series of HERMIT WARBLERS, plus 2 more YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and a number of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. HERMIT and BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS were singing on territory immediately adjacent to each other, a situation I don't find that often (at least not when I am able to actually see the birds to confirm the ID of these similar sounding species). A singing HERMIT THRUSH 1.4 mile down from the Summit was of some interest. Although they are widespread on the coastal slope, the inland margin of their range near the summit area of the Castle Rock - Long Ridge region does not seem to be too clear (at least based on what I've learned). Lastly, another PILEATED WOODPECKER called about 0.5 mile north of Waterman Gap. David L. Suddjian Capitola, CA Santa Cruz Bird Club Bird Records Keeper [[email protected]] Santa Cruz Bird Club website: http://santacruzbirdclub.org/ _______________________________________________ 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]]