From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Sep 20 16:55:26 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8KNraID020409 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:53:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8KNqbZP020362 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-024casfrmp185.dialsprint.net ([63.183.9.187] helo=earthlink.net) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1A0rWk-0002Ym-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:52:35 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:51:04 -0700 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] PAAS trip: Calero 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]] Calero Park 09/20/03 My Palo Alto Adult School birding class began in the large parking area where a group of some 20 female Wild Turkeys paraded among the oaks, Red-winged and Brewers Blackbirds foraged along with the newly renamed Rock Pigeons, and Western Bluebirds and Say's Phoebe flitted up and down from the distant barbed wire fence. As well, a White-tailed provided us an exciting introduction to the eventual 7 Raptor species we would eventually see. We ambled along the country road, which parallels the small creek, and discovered several other species additional including California Thrasher and the first of our wintering Sparrows--White-crowned and Golden-crowned. When we finally reached the reservoir we found multitudes of Ducks, Geese and Shorebirds awaiting us. We quickly logged Black-necked Stilt, Killdeer and both species of Yellowlegs. We also had good views of Spotted Sandpiper. Passerine migrants were conspicuous in the riparian woodland and coyote bush, such as Orange-crowned Warblers and Yellow Warblers. Expected on-water were hundreds of Mallards, Canada Geese and American Coots but somewhat surprising were both species of Pelican. We all enjoyed the drama of seeing a male American Kestrel eviscerate a small mammal, at least I think we all enjoyed it... Some people chose to return to their cars at this point, while others continued along the dry, hilly trail where we were rewarded with beautiful scenery and exciting views of Cooper's Hawk being mobbed by a "murder" of American Crows. The small Los Cerritos Pond afforded leisurely views of an immature Black-crowned Night Heron. The complete list is below. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Turkey Vulture Osprey White-tailed Kite Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Wild Turkey California Quail American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dowitcher species (too far to tell) Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Acorn Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Western Scrub Jay American Crow Oak Titmouse Bushtit Bewick's Wren Western Bluebird American Robin California Thrasher European Starling Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler California Towhee Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird House Finch Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch end _______________________________________________ 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]]