From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jun 8 07:15:48 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i58ECOin016462 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net (invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.254]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i58EBGcu016421 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-38ldu8v.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.249.31] helo=richardciminonb) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1BXhJo-0006gz-00; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:11:13 -0700 From: "Richard Cimino" <[[email protected]]> To: "'Kris Olson'" <[[email protected]]>, "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:11:09 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c44d62$73ecf7a0$1ff956d1@richardciminonb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <039501c44b84$906f8350$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-ELNK-Trace: 7e75e61601c1a8af1aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79de1788d4a4b388ee616d4a22d6d1f06b350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Cc: Subject: [SBB] Request for direction to Hidden Villa for Summer Bird Count 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]] May I ask if someone can post the direction to Hidden Villa from HY 680 ~ Pleasanton. Thanks Rich Cimino -----Original Message----- From: south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Kris Olson Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:10 PM To: 'South Bay Birders' Subject: [SBB] Hidden Villa for Summer Bird Count Hi all, I birded Hidden Villa today with 3 other intrepid birders, including one who joined us from Santa Fe NM. Jon Batkin joined his sister Leonie Batkin and Marianne Schonfisch, who is a docent at Hidden Villa and knows the trails and history well. We met at 6:30am and finished about 2:30pm. Garth Harwood prepared a detailed map for us showing where to go and what birds to look for. Highlights: -------------- WESTERN TANAGER nest (big maple by white house). We saw 1 adult male-- flew into a likely nest; and, surprisingly, a non-breeding male near the nest-- just a touch of orange around its face. So we did not see a female. Garth, is this what you are seeing? WARBLING VIREOS - 3 singing in various places CASSIN'S VIREO - 1 singing (heard only near Gibraltar Rock) PACIFIC SLOPE FLYCATCHERS -- 8 or so, all calling BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS - found 1 female carrying nest material; male nearby BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER-- 1 COOPER'S HAWK near a likely nest (Short Bunny trail)--first heard only, then later saw it flying nearby Saw 2 or so Cooper's. ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER - heard by one of us on the way in Breeding evidence, otherwise: ------------------------------------ -- pair of HAIRY WOODPECKERS (heard only); 1 other heard later --Immature AMERICAN ROBIN and parent --Begging CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (many pairs of huge flocks of Chicakdees) --COMMON RAVENS -- saw 1 carrying food in the AM and PM, so it may have been 2 birds; flying back over the hostel area with something big and yellow in their/its bill(s). --Immature DARK EYED JUNCOS -- Pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS -- PURPLE FINCH female singing (?!) and an immature -- 1 pair NUTTAL'S WOODPECKERS, 4 others not in pairs We missed the Hutton's Vireos and the Black-gray Warbler (see June 2) as well as Winter Wrens and California Thrasher. We did climb almost all the way up to Black Mountain and heard no Mountain Quail. We heard only 1 California Quail all day. We did see lots of white wash in the creek coming down Short Bunny trail, before the lunch rock. And we even found some in Adobe Creek on the way back from Black Mt. Any chance, Garth, that there could be a Dipper? The water did not look deep enough, but... the white wash looked too big for Winter Wren. Robins? Reptiles: Western Skink -- juvenile with an amazing bright blue tail! Whiptails and Western Fence Lizard. Menlo Park, 9pm tonight June 5: juvenile BARN OWL calling incessantly for adult, 303 Laurel near Pope-- tonight, so it can count for today. Not sure whose region. Kris Olson, Menlo Park, CA _______________________________________________ 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/rscimino%40ear thlink.net This email sent to [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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