From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Feb 27 14:55:48 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1RMq4l6003818 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:52:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.northcoast.com [209.142.2.71]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i1RMocNY003769 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:50:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 15890 invoked by uid 507); 27 Feb 2004 22:50:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.209.18.18?) (209.209.18.18) by borg.inreach.com with SMTP; 27 Feb 2004 22:50:36 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:48:45 -0800 To: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]>, SBB <[[email protected]]> From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] : Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Cc: X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5a1 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]] Barn Owls nested in the palm trees in Milpitas where my son lived for 20 years, This was an area adjacent to open fields. Ruth Troetschler At 1:49 PM -0800 2/27/04, Mike Mammoser wrote: >Last Tuesday, 17 Feb 04, I saw a PEREGRINE FALCON perched on one of the >ledges of the Sun building along Freedom Circle in Santa Clara. This was the >first time I've seen one here since last fall. Today, 27 Feb 04, there were >2 birds perched there, probably the same pair that were here last year. >Hopefully, they will remain and use the nest box that was installed on the >building last year. > >I frequently takes walks around my neighborhood in south San Jose in the >evenings, often hearing BARN OWLS calling in the night sky. I'm sure that >nearby Tulare Hill and Santa Teresa County Park offer good hunting grounds >for them, but I surmised that they likely nested in the urban areas >somewhere (I hear them many times over the residential housing). Last night >I heard one giving its screeching call overhead, followed by a series of >"tik tik tik" (or "wik wik wik") notes. I've heard these notes before and >attributed them to the owls, but last night I was able to confirm this >vocalization by seeing the bird as it uttered it. I followed the sound in >the air and eventually picked out the owl as it flew by. It then turned and >flew back towards me, diving down and landing on the exposed branch of a fan >palm that was growing at a residential corner about 30 feet from where I was >standing. I left while the bird was still perched there and I wouldn't be >surprised if they nested in the dense dead hanging branches that are often >seen on these palm trees (I've seen American Kestrels nesting in them in the >past), as a small opening in this tangle can serve well as a cavity. > >Mike Mammoser > > >_______________________________________________ >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/rebugging%40batnet.com > >This email sent to [[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]]