From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Apr 10 16:42:14 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3ANed0U021161 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:40:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtaw4.prodigy.net (mtaw4.prodigy.net [64.164.98.52]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3ANdU2D021110 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-66-126-228-203.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.228.203]) by mtaw4.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3ANdS1P009698 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:39:14 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Lower Stevens Creek Park X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] Better birders than I were encountered today, Saturday, April 10, 2004 at the Lower Stevens Creek Park(below the dam), so I learned a few things. (I only remember the name Brooke; I am hopeless with names--I'm sorry) First, if you take the-road-not-taken, you might find a great place to bird. I had no idea the Villa Maria area of the park was so great and accessible. Two birders separately told me about the birding "at the top" they had done while I languished almost birdless below by the Ranger's Station. Not only did I find Brooke's Hooded Oriole up there, but the raptors, the Northern Flicker (Red), the Acorn Woodpeckers, and two of the flycatchers. I will return earlier next time! Second, even great birders will take the time if asked to teach a beginner. A former president of SCVAS, whose name washed out of my brain as usual, taught me how to hear the Warbling Vireo and the flycatchers, and even let me tag along briefly with a friend he was teaching already. Just listing out loud the birds he had seen or heard helped me focus and persist. Third, many good birders do not post for many good reasons, so you sometimes have to settle for reports like mine that are spotty at best. I find direction from all the SBB posts, so I am just trying to post from the perspective of a relative novice. Keep that in mind if you read my list. I missed half the birds there I'm sure. Mallard Turkey Vulture Red-Shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Anna's Hummingbird Acorn Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker (ear) Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Red) Western Wood-Pewee (ear) Pacific-slope Flycatcher (ear) Black Phoebe Warbling Vireo (ear with help!) Steller's Jay Western Scrub Jay Common Raven American Crow Violet-green Swallow Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Bushtit Bewick's Wren Wrentit (ear) American Robin European Starling Spotted Towee California Towhee Song Sparrow Oregon Junco Hooded Oriole Lesser Goldfinch Gordon -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]