From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 3 00:01:59 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h936wwID021450 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 23:58:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h936vjZP021409 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 23:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.197.112 ([204.127.197.112]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003100306574401300lo9kce>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 06:57:44 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by 204.127.197.112; Fri, 03 Oct 2003 06:57:41 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 06:57:41 +0000 Message-ID: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Sep 30 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] Oct. 1, 2003 Almaden Quicksilver County Park 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]] Hi! Yesterday, I went to Almaden Quicksilver County Park, Hacienda entrance. While there I saw the following: GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (perched on tree, singing breeding season song!), BEWICK'S WREN, OAK TITMOUSE, CA TOWHEE, BLACK PHOEBE, WILD TURKEY, MOURNING DOVE, ACORN WOODPECKER, STELLAR'S JAY, NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, WESTERN SCRUBJAY, NORTHERN FLICKER (red-shafted), SPOTTED TOWHEE, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, RED-TAILED HAWK, TURKEY VULTURE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (male), DARK-EYED JUNCO, WRENTIT, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and last, but definitely not least, an owl, probably a Northern Saw-Whet Owl. It was singing it's high-pitched oop sound at regular intervals with short pauses after about 15-20 calls. It finally stopped singing when some chickadees came and made a ruckus. Never could see it though. Next, I headed up to Almaden Reservoir, where I first noticed 7 wild boar feeding on the far side of the water. Then, I noticed some MALLARDS feeding near where they were stirring up the bottom and a male WOOD DUCK. It turned out, by the end of my stay, I counted 16 males and 11 females for a total of 27 WOOD DUCKS! I also saw: GREAT BLUE HERON, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, CROW, BELTED KINGFISHER (2 females), GREAT EGRET, PIED-BILLED GREBE, COMMON MERGANSER (2 female), SNOWY EGRET, GADWALL, AMERICAN KESTREL and possible COOPER'S HAWK in flight. Lots of fun, but on the way back down the hill, I noticed that a sign says no parking alongside the reservoir. There are, however, 3-4 pull-outs, and I never left my car for more than a few feet, so I didn't count that as parking... (How's that for justification?) Good birding, Jean Myers P.S. Trails hiked from Hacienda entrance on Almaden Rd. were Mine Hill to Hacienda to Capehorn Pass to Mine Hill, about 3.5 miles on extremely steep up and down on dirt. _______________________________________________ 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]]