From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Apr 16 10:00:40 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3GGwF0d025982 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp3.Stanford.EDU (smtp3.stanford.edu [171.67.16.117]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3GGv72D025933 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:57:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp3.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3GGv5CO028275 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:57:05 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:57:05 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. List 3/31/04 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]] Bill Bousman writes: As expected, many of our summer resident birds showed up in March and the composite list jumped from 199 species to 216. We had three of our most common species, the 1s, in March: CLIFF SWALLOW on 7 Mar, WILSON'S WARBLER on 23 Mar, and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK on 28 Mar. Among the 2s, the first NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was found on 7 Mar, a WESTERN KINGBIRD was first seen on 14 Mar, a WARBLING VIREO was found on 17 Mar, a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER the next day on 18 Mar (by 5 observers at different locations!), and a CASPIAN TERN on 24 Mar. Only two 3s were found in March: a HOODED WARBLER on 13 Mar and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER on 25 Mar. We also had a good crop of 4s, a mixture of wintering birds, residents, and migrants. A GREATER ROADRUNNER was found north of the junction in San Antonio Valley on 5 Mar. A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was found in Ed Levin CP on 18 Mar. A SHORT-EARED OWL, the first of the winter was a spring surprise along Alviso Slough on 21 Mar. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at Ed Levin CP on 24 Mar seemed early, but this bird is starting to surprise us. However, a VAUX'S SWIFT over Fremont Older OSP on 31 Mar was truly early. We had one 5, a remarkably early and well-described female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD along Summit Ridge, conveniently in both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties. A SANDHILL CRANE was found near San Felipe Lake in San Benito County through most of March. However, on 27 Mar, this bird flew briefly into Santa Clara County for our only 6. The complete list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]