From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 23 22:11:19 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0O693gV020672 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:09:04 -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 i0O67RBe020612 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:07:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-vcauo5v.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.96.191] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by pintail.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AkGxB-00079F-00 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:07:34 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:13:12 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Miscellaneous and Panoche Valley 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]] Folks: Today, 1/23/2004, I made a trip to Panoche Valley. I had hoped to achieve some of the success of Jack Cole's Wednesday team, but I came up far short of that sharp-eyed group. On my way down, I stopped at Coyote Creek GC to look for the GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, but found only a few Brewer's associating with the first golfers of the day. I had more success on my way back, when I found many more blackbirds and at least one female Great-tailed. In the morning I found seven HOODED MERGANSERS on one of the ponds (2 m, 5 f/imm) and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. I started my Panoche Trip at Paicines Reservoir (a bit of a stretch to call that reservoir a part of a Panoche Valley trip, but it is in San Benito County). I had four GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and a SNOW GOOSE grazing in the field beside the road, seven TUNDRA SWANS in the reservoir (the water level is much lower than last January) and an adult BALD EAGLE on the far side. As I started up the Panoche Road from Paicines probably the same adult Bald Eagle paralleled my course, flying up the valley. Climbing up to the height of land at Summit Ranch, there is quite a bit of RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW habitat; I pished one up at M.P. 12.66, but they are probably regular along this entire stretch. Going and coming I counted a total of six PHAINOPEPLA, all from about M.P. 13.5 to 23.1. Once in the valley I searched unsuccessfully for Ferruginous Hawk, Prairie Falcon and Mountain Plover. I was successful in finding an Ed Gustafson and Alan Thomas on one of their Panoche Valley jaunts, but they also were having difficulty with these species. Recalde Road, where I found Ed and Alan, was birdier than most spots. I found two VESPER SPARROWS along the section near the truck garden and counted nine MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS that Ed and Alan had seen in the field that is bounded by right-angle corner of Recalde Road. [Recalde Road is easy to find if you have an AAA map, but it is not signed. One end of this dirt road starts at a dogleg on Panoche Road south of the school, while the other end is on Panoche Road a few hundred yards after the turnoff of the New Idria Road]. The rest of my time was spent driving slowly along these roads, counting Am. Kestrels (20), Horned Larks (500), and Savannah Sparrows (388+), all the while looking for just a little extra excitement. Such is life. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]