From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jul 6 18:14:57 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i671CZsI003177 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp808.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp808.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.187]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i671BiQC003132 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:11:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown (HELO jannana.pacbell.net) (jannana%[[email protected]] with login) by smtp808.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Jul 2004 01:12:14 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: jannana%[[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:12:09 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Hicks Road, Almaden Valley 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 was on Hicks by 8 am and spent an hour driving and stopping to bird before I reached Mt. Umunhum Road and the accent to Bald Mt. A newly fledge Sharp Shinned Hawk was sitting on the shoulder of the road by the Guadalupe Reservoir seemingly unaware of any danger. I noticed it's unskilled flight as he flew off. Numerous Western Wood PeWees were calling, several Warbling Vireos singing, a few Pacific slope Flycatchers, and one Wrentit were heard as I slowly drove the deserted road. Lots of Cal. Quail were on the road, several deer wandered in front of the car and even a few wild rabbits. I stopped near the Rincon bridge to bird and found a pair of Western Wood PeWee feeding young at a nest in a Sycamore. An Ash throated Flycatcher was picking bugs off the road and Quail ran back and forth. Several Pacific-slope Flycatchers and many Steller's Jays were heard here, but not the Olive-sided Flycatcher I was looking for. I heard Red shouldered Hawks in three locations along Hicks Road and one juvenile Red shouldered Hawk was calling near Mt. Umunhum Rd. It was 20 degrees hotter at the Bald Mt. trail head. First bird I heard as I got out of the car was the twittering of a White Throated Swift. A little later three more appeared flying close together. There was something different about their flight and the transparency of their wings that made me think they were juveniles. I only spent an hour here because of the heat and lack of birds. I did hear Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, three Warbling Vireos and two Ash throated Flycatchers. A silent Cal.Thrasher perched on a short snag down the hill. On the way back I stopped at a pull-out between Shannon Rd. and Camden and saw a family of Yellow Warblers. The female was feeding one juvenile and the male was singing. Again more Warbling Vireos, Pacific-slope Flycatchers, W.Wood PeWees and a calling Red shouldered Hawk. A single male Wild Turkey crossed the road before I reached Camden and the rest of the world. Janna Pauser Almaden Valley _______________________________________________ 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]]