From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jun 2 21:03:29 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5340siv018587 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:00:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from la.znet.com (la.znet.com [207.167.96.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i533xrcu018549 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [69.19.247.108] (host-69-19-247-108.rev.o1.com [69.19.247.108]) by la.znet.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/le1-la) with ESMTP id i533xnfS029562 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:59:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Envelope-From: [[email protected]] X-Envelope-To: <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:00:44 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Dean Manley <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Alum Rock Phainopepla 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]] Hi SBBers, Tuesday, midday, I hiked up the Eagle Rock Overlook Trail in Alum Rock Park,in part for the view. I was pleasently supprised to encounter a male PHAINOPEPLA. He was well up the hillside as viewed from about half way between the first and second switchback. After awhile he flew down to check me out and provided closeup views. I don't recall any recent sightings being reported on this side of the mountain range but imagine a few slip over. Other species noted on the route were HOUSE WREN, CALIFORNIA TOWHEE, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SCRUB JAY, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN KESTRAL, RED-TAILED HAWK, TURKEY VULTURE. On the way down from the Overlook I noted the Phainopepla was back in it's original location. Near the parking lot a male NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, accompanied by a fledgling, was foraging on a tree. The young one was doing a good job of imitating the adult's pecking and probing but did not seem to find anything while I watched. The adult made frequent finds and fed them all to his offspring. Dean Manley _______________________________________________ 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]]