From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jun 3 14:53:37 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i53LoTim007136 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail07f.vwh1.net (mail07f.vwh1.net [207.201.152.75]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i53LmZcu007084 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:48:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.180.140) by mail07f.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.94vs) with SMTP id 3-0354759308 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:48:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <004e01c449b4$71f159c0$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:17:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Loop-Detect: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Monte Bello, Alpine Pond 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i53LoTim007136 Quick Summer Count scouting expeditions before work the past 2 mornings have turned up a few things. Hope they all volunteer on Count Day also. Yesterday 6/2, I parked at the intersection of Alpine Rd. (the closed portion) with Page Mill Rd., and entered at Monte Bello's Gate 5. At that location a couple of Black-throated Gray Warblers were in song (one on the SM Co. side) and a Lazuli Bunting male was see at the nest in a scrubby low live oak; Orange-crowned Warblers and Purple Finches were feeding groups of fledged young, and a couple of Band-tailed Pigeons made display flights overhead. I proceeded east along the fenceline trail (unnamed I think) until it joined the White Oak trailhead. This has been the most dependable spot I know for Chipping Sparrow the past few years. Sure enough, a quiet bird soon began to chip from the coyote bushes then emerged into view for fine looks, including just one song from the telephone wire nearby. A second bird chipped in response from cover. Continuing down the trail about 1/4 mile I found one Grasshopper Sparrow singing from another coyote bush, and another singing Lazuli Bunting (a quiet female was seen on my way back up as well.) I heard a probable Black-throated Gray Warbler song below but it sounded funny so I spent a few minutes waiting for it to emerge from cover. When it did it was obvious why its voice was odd - it was singing through a mouthful of little green caterpillars. At Alpine Pond this morning, near the western edge of the count circle, an Olive-sided Flycatcher was singing, several more BTG Warblers were on territory and a pair of Western Bluebirds was near the ranger residence, where some nice new nestboxes have been installed. Pygmy Nuthatches called from the pines, but no Red-breasted. A singing Cassin's Vireo and a Selasphorus hummingbird were at the outlet of the pond. A pair of American Kestrels atop an oak snag was driven off by a raven. I listened intently for Pileated Woodpeckers both mornings, without success. But there is a lot of fresh PIWO excavation apparent in the pondside pine snags. --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ 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]]