From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Dec 23 16:21:04 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBO0IBlF018797 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:18:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp813.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp813.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.83]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id iBO0HCYK018757 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:17:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown (HELO jannana.pacbell.net) (jannana%[[email protected]] with login) by smtp813.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Dec 2004 00:17:12 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:17:09 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Calero Creek and Stile Ranch trails 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]] I walked a portion of the Calero Creek trail north of Fortini Rd. today looking for the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher I found ten days ago. The wind was howling and I couldn't hear many birds and didn't not find the gnatcatcher. We did see a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE on a fence, also a SAY'S PHOEBE in the field and only one LINCOLN SPARROW. The birds were hunkered down in the sage again today. We then walked to the top of the hill on the Stile Ranch switchback trail at the southern entrance to Santa Teresa Park. Where the sage brush ends, a RUFOUS CROWNED SPARROW was sitting on a fence facing us, then turned for the back view. It called as it flew into the sage brush then returned to the fence again. I could see a bird on a rock on the ridge and hurried up the hill. There I found a ROCK WREN going from an orange lichen toped rock to the ground and up on the rock again. It was too far to discern the breast and wing pattern, but the long curved bill was distinctive. The breast and belly were a light color, back looked gray/brown. Could be a first year bird or the fact that I was too far away to see the breast pattern and other distinctive marks. It had a dark eye line and light, or off white supercillium. Behavior was the key here. Its dipping motion clearly seen with 8 power bins. A SAY'S PHOEBE was flycatching at the top of the ridge not far from the Rock Wren. WRENTITS, GOLDEN CROWNED AND WHITE CROWNED SPARROWS plus a few BEWICKS WRENS and several AM. KESTRELS were also seen today. Janna Pauser _______________________________________________ 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]]