From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 29 23:25:33 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i217NAl5027431 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:23:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i217LUNY027363 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:21:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfjhe.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.206.46]) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Axhk0-0000Q3-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:21:28 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) To: [[email protected]] Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:19:46 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Subject: [SBB] Grant Park 02-28-04 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]] All, I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Joseph D. Grant County Park yesterday. We enjoyed perfect weather for this, one of my favorite locations. Birds were active and easlily seen, but our species list was more modest than compared to previous winter trips. Much of our work was done in the familiar riparian corridor and farmhouse section where we found many of the expected species such as Yellow-rumped Warbler, Hutton's Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Western Bluebird and Red-breasted Sapsucker (6). In addition to these we had an unexpected HOUSE WREN in the coyote bush just outside the lower gate below the farmhouse lawn. We also had distant views of a Golden Eagle pair from this area, but we found them again much closer as we walked across the large field and picnic grounds. Next we birded the area near the overnight campground. There we had fantastic looks at White-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-billed Mapgie, Acorn Woodpecker (on top of one of the picnic tables), and our one-and-only Nuttall's Woodpecker. Northern Flickers abounded and were easily seen throughout the day. The highlight of this less familiar section was the Raptor display, with Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks absorbed in loud courtship displays overhead. Some members also observed a Red-shouldered Hawk nest in the oaks above the road. The lake produced additional species (mostly Waterfowl), but Common Merganser and Ring-necked Duck were not located. The most interesting bird found in this section was a single VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW among the many Tree Swallows over the lake but the Yellow-rumped Warblers were impossible to miss here, including some in nearly complete breeding plumage. Some other species were conspicuous in their absence during the walk such as Wrentit or any Shorebirds at the lake, but high water level and lack of mudflats might account for that. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Canada Goose Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback Scaup (species) Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Wild Turkey California Quail American Coot Killdeer Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Acorn Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Steller's Jay Western Scrub Jay Yellow-billed Magpie Common Raven Chestnut-backed Chickadee Oak Titmouse Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch Bewick's Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Western Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird California Thrasher Cedar Waxwing European Starling Hutton's Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee California Towhee Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird House Finch Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch --end _______________________________________________ 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]]