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Subject: [SBB] East of Mt. Hamilton etc.
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Folks:

Today, 11/22/2003, I counted birds from the county line on Mines Road to 
the summit of Mt. Hamilton.  Driving up Arroyo Mocho a GREATER 
ROADRUNNER  crossed the road at M.P. 9.  There was a heavy frost on the 
grasses and some of the chaparral plants.  At my start at the county line, 
it was 26 deg, which wasn't too bad, but the wind picked up for most of the 
morning which kept it quite cold.

At the Colorado Creek culvert on Mines Road, I found three GOLDEN-CROWNED 
KINGLETS working the foothill pines.  These are montane or northern birds, 
not our Santa Cruz Mountain residents.  In the wet meadow and pond across 
from the Digger Pine Ranch I found two HOUSE WRENS.  Single birds have 
apparently wintered at this location occasionally in the past.  Almost as 
surprising were five LINCOLN'S SPARROWS in one bush, responding to 
pishing.  In San Antonio Valley there was an adult FERRUGINOUS HAWK at the 
dogleg near San Antonio Creek.  With patience I counted at least five 
LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS in the last grove of valley oaks before the road turns 
west toward Mt. Hamilton.  This is the same place birds were found earlier 
in the fall.  Just east of the summit I counted another five birds.  These 
are likely wintering birds, as found previously here in early October.

Driving back home, I made a brief stop at Grant Lake.  An imm. SNOW GOOSE 
was grazing along the eastern side.  In the lake were three female/immature 
HOODED MERGANSERS.

Bill

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