From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Apr 20 11:29:09 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3KIPcH3029000 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:25:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [216.136.174.138]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i3KIO6Ag028950 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown (HELO SROMERA2) ([[email protected]] with login) by smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Apr 2004 18:24:04 -0000 From: "Sonja Romera" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:23:52 -0700 Message-ID: <001001c42704$a5e88cd0$672fba44@SROMERA2> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i3KIO6Ag028950 Subject: [SBB] RE: south-bay-birds Digest, Vol 6, Issue 107 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]] Thanks you so much. I really enjoyed the reports. Soni Romera -----Original Message----- From: south-bay-birds-bounces+sromera1=[[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+sromera1=[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 5:01 PM To: [[email protected]] Subject: south-bay-birds Digest, Vol 6, Issue 107 Send south-bay-birds mailing list submissions to [[email protected]] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [[email protected]] You can reach the person managing the list at [[email protected]] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of south-bay-birds digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: Rufous Hummingbird (Janna Pauser) 2. Joseph D. Grant Ranch - Saturday 4/17/04 (Grant Webb) 3. Re: White-throated Swifts in downtown Palo Alto (Daniel Bump) 4. Vaux's Swifts (Stanford) (Bill Bousman) 5. Blue Grosbeak and YEWA at CCFS (Dr. Michael M. Rogers) 6. Uvas Preserve Highlights (Susan L. Kruse) 7. Alviso-Milpitas ([[email protected]]) 8. PA White throated swifts (Richard Carlson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:01:54 -0700 From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Fwd: Rufous Hummingbird To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:51:15 -0700 >To: [[email protected]] >From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> >Subject: Rufous Hummingbird > >While checking the rain gauge this morning I heard, then spotted a male >Rufous Hummingbird softly buzzing around my back yard. He then perched in >my backyard neighbors Toyon and Coyote bush for a clear look at his >completely orange back, then turned and faced me. Hope he stays around for >a while. ****************************************************************** Guadalupe Oak Grove Park >Not sure why the above note didn't go through, but I've got more birds to >report after doing a loop in Guadlupe Oak Grove park this morning. I saw >the abarrant male Nuttalls with the brown back again on the wooded >trail. Found the Blue Gray Gnatcher pair near the picnic tables and again >near their nest site scolding a Scrub Jay. Found a Lincolns Sparrow in the >turn around. Don't recall when I last saw that bird in the park. I spent >quite some time but got a close look at a Cassins Vireo, a new park bird >for me. Rough winged and Violet Green Swallows flew overhead and again, >one Vaux's Swift made a brief appearance. Heard only, the Ash throated >Flycatcher and Pacific-slope Flycatcher because I ran out of time. Janna Pauser Almaden Valley ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:18:40 -0700 From: Grant Webb <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Joseph D. Grant Ranch - Saturday 4/17/04 To: "South-Bay-Birds List ([[email protected]])" <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain Our visit to Joseph D. Grant Ranch started @ 8 AM at the Grant Lake parking lot with 44 degrees and moderate wind. Our first birds of the day were a flock of 4 Collared Doves that flew from the parking lot at our arrival, to the bushes across the road where they remained throughout the day. The big oaks above the lake had Western Blue Birds, Bullock's Orioles, Hooded Orioles and Tree Swallows. On the lake we saw American Widgeon, Gadwall, Mallard, Canada Goose, Ruddy Duck and Coots. The big island had Great Blue Heron and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Above the lake were mixed flocks of Tree Swallows, Barn Swallows, Violet-green Swallows and a few Vaux's Swifts. Along the east side of the lake we had Common Yellow-throat, singing California Thrasher, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows. On this trail we also saw a Bobcat. We took the Canal trail to McCreery Lake, there was less wind in this area and we saw Ash-throated Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, Green Heron, Orange-crowned Warbler, Allen's Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, more Orioles and our only Dark-eyed Junco of the day. WARNING the trail around McCreery Lake is being encroached on by the POISON OAK. It is no longer possible to go around the lake without at least brushing the poison oak and in another one or two growing season the trail will be completely over grown. Our next stop was Twin Gates. The oak grove above the parking lot was the best birding at this stop. We saw a Western Tanager, Bullock's and Hood Orioles, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, and House Wren. We walked to the Yerba Buena Trail but could not find any Lark Sparrows or Horned Larks. This may have been due to the wind, rain showers or the Endurance Horse Riding event taking place along this trail. Our only raptors for the day were Red-Tail Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, White-tailed Kite and Turkey Vultures. Our total species count for the day was 60. With the wind blowing harder and the temperature at 2 PM only 49 degrees we did not try the Smith Creek area. Grant & Kathy Webb ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:34:52 -0700 From: Daniel Bump <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] White-throated Swifts in downtown Palo Alto To: [[email protected]] Cc: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Last week (April 14) I found two White-throated Swifts in downtown > Palo Alto--but at different locations. One flew out of the tile roof > on Hamilton Ave -- across from the defunct Café Verona. I forget the > name of the hotel that has the tile roof, but it is directly across > the street from the Café. If you look up at the roof, two tiles have > white wash. I had been downtown on April 13 as well and seen no > swifts. WT Swifts are numerous on the Stanford Campus year around, so there must be a few nesting sites. To name one specific spot I suppose that swifts may nest in the Old Chem building (on Lomita). The building has been closed for the last few years. There are often swifts around the building. Dan ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:32:45 -0700 From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Vaux's Swifts (Stanford) To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Folks: Today, 4/19/2004, I saw two VAUX'S SWIFTS along the trail near the Stanford dish. Bill ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:37:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak and YEWA at CCFS To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> All, Over lunch today 4/19/04, I decided to check the water pollution control plant ponds visible from the CCFS dike. I saw no Bonaparte's Gulls and no Black Terns :(, but there were lots of peeps foraging on the ponds. No surprises at the waterbird pond either, but on the way back I heard a singing YELLOW WARBLER from the former heronry and just south of here (the last strong left bend before you drop down to go to the waterbird pond as you head north) an adult male BLUE GROSBEAK flew across the road. I was able to watch this bird as it called and foraged in a bush and on the ground on the creek side of the dike. The bird had some fresh white fringing on the blue underparts, particularly on the undertail coverts. A quick check along the EEC entrance road failed to turn up a Ruff, but a late COMMON SNIPE and 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were nice. A single BLACK SKIMMER was snoozing on the first island in pond A16, along with only 14 BONAPARTE'S GULLS - 183 more BONAPARTE'S GULLS were far out on pond A18 to the east. A single male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD was with the blackbird flock at the Arzino Ranch. Mike Rogers ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:07:16 -0700 From: "Susan L. Kruse" <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Uvas Preserve Highlights To: <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: <004c01c42663$0f3b9f80$94038bd8@computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, On the weekend a Wood Duck couple flew from trees into the creek near Wren Avenue. A Green Heron was sighted today and Sunday. No evidence yet of nesting in the bird houses on the north side of the creek near Santa Teresa Boulevard. Many singing Black Headed Grosbeaks. Sue Kruse, Gilroy ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:42:34 -0700 From: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso-Milpitas To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi SBBirders- Today in Alviso there was not much happening. Did see a Sora in the SE corner of the stagnant pond on the N side of the EEC. Saw a Virginia Rail there last week. Have never seen either on that side of the levee before. Single Mew Gull is still there. Jack rabbits were all over, some were boxing. Noting the recent posts about Vaux's Swifts - yesterday there was one with Cliff Swallows in Alviso where the EEC rd crosses the tracks and later in the day two groups flew over my yard in Milpitas. Dave Weber Milpitas ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:04:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] PA White throated swifts To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For those who are new to the area, Downtown Palo ALto had a huge colony of swifts until several years ago. They lived under the roof tiles all over town. They were screened out years ago, a quiet and real loss. 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