From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Dec 13 13:19:06 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBDLFIlH004268 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:15:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail07b.vwh1.net (mail07b.vwh1.net [131.103.218.112]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id iBDLDuYK004223 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:13:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.180.140) by mail07b.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.95vs) with SMTP id 4-0672131859; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:04:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <005501c4e155$65110320$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:50:34 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Loop-Detect: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] 40 Crossbills, Skyline/MB Open Space 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id iBDLFIlH004268 Hello all, At 11AM today (Mon. 12/13/2004) I made a quick stop at Skyline OSP. Hearing crossbill chatter I checked some nearby conifers and found the birds in a big Douglas fir tearing into its cones, even though there were plenty of pines nearby. When first found these birds were in San Mateo County but 11 birds soon took flight to the east, into Monte Bello OSP and Santa Clara Co. I continued watching the tree for another 10 minutes, gradually confirming the presence of at least 6 more birds - when the whole batch took flight in a long string which permitted an accurate count. There were actually 29 in the second batch. So much for careful observation of an "embedded" flock at work in a tree! --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ 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]]