From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jul 21 20:21:44 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6M3IBOY016143 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.coastside.net (iris.coastside.net [207.213.212.14]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6M3HLMR016106 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:17:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: (qmail 24428 invoked by uid 88); 21 Jul 2004 20:17:17 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO ?66.81.114.158?) (66.81.114.158) by mail.coastside.net with SMTP; 21 Jul 2004 20:17:17 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:31:34 -0800 Subject: Re: [SBB] Breeding Chipping Sparrows - 7/21/04 From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "Mark W. Eaton" <[[email protected]]>, [[email protected]], SBB Chat Group <[[email protected]]> Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: 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'm glad to know something new about the migration characteristics of CHSP - but these particular individuals are almost certainly near their nesting site. Adult CHSP have been seen within a few feet of the location described throughout the current breeding season, including the pair our team saw during the Palo Alto Summer Count on June 5. --Garth Harwood ---------- >From: "Mark W. Eaton" <[[email protected]]> >To: <[[email protected]]>, "SBB Chat Group" <[[email protected]]>, "Mike Rogers" <[[email protected]]>, "Bill Bousman" <[[email protected]]> >Cc: >Subject: Re: [SBB] Breeding Chipping Sparrows - 7/21/04 >Date: Wed, Jul 21, 2004, 3:52 PM > >Chipping Sparrows are both early migrants and juveniles are one of few North >American passerines that migrate prior to their first pre-basic molt. > >Mark > >--- >Mark W. Eaton >mailto:[[email protected]] >http://www.markeaton.org > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[[email protected]]> >To: "SBB Chat Group" <[[email protected]]>; "Mike Rogers" ><[[email protected]]>; "Bill Bousman" <[[email protected]]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:18 PM >Subject: [SBB] Breeding Chipping Sparrows - 7/21/04 > > >> Hi! >> Today (7/21/04), I birded up at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. From >the Southern entrance, about 2-3 miles south of Page Mill Rd. on the right >side of Skyline Blvd., park in the lot on the left, in the upper portion >near where you enter. What appeared to be several Chipping Sparrows could >be heard "tseeping" and "tsikking" from this spot and glimpses were obtained >when I arrived at approx. 9:30pm. Hike uphill on the path that takes you >through the former Christmas Tree farm. Less than 5 minutes from the >parking lot, at the top of the knoll (about 20-30' from Skyline), several >birds were skittering about on the ground eating while others perched on the >tops and within the young pines. The ground birds included Chipping Sparrow, >CA Towhee and immature Dark-eyed Juncos. It was easily able to identify an >adult(s?) in breeding plumage, complete with a reddish/rufous colored crown, >which was held in an upright position (in case I had any trouble with the >angle)! The bla! >> ck eyeline was distinct and so was the white supercillium (or eyebrow). >The legs were pinkish and the chest was clear, but I never got a good look >at the grey chest in an adult. The tail was long and notched and the wings >had two white wingbars. Overall, the bird had the appearance of higher >intensity color variation than do other "little brown jobbies". When >feeding on the ground, this sparrow skittered and fed rather quickly, much >faster than the Savannah Sparrow, for example. The birds were not shy, and >I was able, after a stop and wait approach system, to get to within 25'. >> After watching for about 15 minutes, I could see the movement of a begging >birds(?) I'd been hearing for quite some time. I got my binoculars on the >bird and watched while an adult breeding Chipping Sparrow fed the bird in >the mouth. The bird had heavy streaking on the chest and a faded black >eyeline. The supercillium was a lighter tan, but not white. There was less >contrast in overall coloring. I kept my eyes on this juvenile and saw that >after 3 feedings, it flew to the ground very near me to forage. This made >the adult most uncomfortable and it kept zooming in to sit next to the >juvenile and then flying off to the dense part of a tree until the juvenile >followed. The whole while, the Chipping Sparrows were creating a soft, >medium-high pitched "tsep" over and over again in a random rythym. I'm >pretty sure I saw more juveniles feeding on the ground, while the adults fed >further away and perched on treetops. Occasionally a juvenile would perch >on top of a tree also. >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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