From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Jan 17 23:11:32 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0I79K2m024734 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:09:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net (pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.122]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0I77b1l024677 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:07:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-38lc07m.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.0.246] helo=earthlink.net) by pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Ai720-0004Mg-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:07:37 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:06:49 -0800 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Alum Rock 01-17-04 X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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 group to Alum Rock today. The weather was cool and overcast for the first few hours but became warmer and sunny by noon. We managed to locate both of the target species (AMERICAN DIPPER, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW) lifers for several members of the group! The American Dippers were just beyond the bridge in the top parking lot and were very nearly the first birds we saw after we stepped out of our cars. The Rufous-crowned Sparrows were seen on higher ground as we walked among the chaparral just after starting up the North Rim trail. As well, we saw good numbers of Band-tailed Pigeon, a Hairy Woodpecker and some unseasonable Swallows along the North Rim. Other highlights included a high-flying Golden Eagle and a large group of White-throated Swift. Some species were completely missed (Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush...) and we came away with a modest species list that is included below. But it was still a great day with even some digiscope images of the Dippers: http://www.birdguy.net/gallery/index.html Enjoy! Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Mallard Turkey Vulture White-tailed Kite Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Wild Turkey (feathers only) California Quail (heard only) Killdeer (heard only) Rock Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Mourning Dove White-throated Swift Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Acorn Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Black Phoebe Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Steller's Jay Western Scrub Jay Chestnut-backed Chickadee Oak Titmouse Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch (heard only) Bewick's Wren American Dipper Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Wrentit Northern Mockingbird California Thrasher European Starling Hutton's Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler Spotted Towhee California Towhee Rufous-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow House Finch Lesser 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]]