From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Mar 17 22:06:42 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2I64NAp003053 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:04:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2I63SpJ003009 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:03:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from DON011304 (c-24-6-208-131.client.comcast.net[24.6.208.131]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004031806032601200n7r1le>; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:03:27 +0000 Message-ID: <003901c40cae$b6c2d080$83d00618@DON011304> From: "Peggy Don" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:03:19 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Rancho San Antonio OSP 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 i2I64NAp003053 SBBers: Under the guise of exercise again, I hiked today, 03/17/04, at Rancho San Antonio OSP which was alive with bird song. I started from the dirt parking lot and hiked up the gravel trail. Soon I heard the spring song of a BEWICK'S WREN. Then I heard the bubbling trills of a HOUSE WREN. It carried a twig to a nest box. Then I spotted its mate. At the next nest box a pair of VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWs visited it repeatedly and perched on it occasionally. A WESTERN BLUEBIRD seemed to be guarding the next nest box as at least a half dozen Violet-green Swallows circled in front. Across the way an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER sang. As I looked for it I saw a brightly plumaged LESSER GOLDFINCH. Overhead a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK dove at a RED-TAILED HAWK contesting for air space. What a wonderful start! At the end of the gravel trail there were another dozen Violet-green Swallows flying about. Soon after I started up the PG & E Trail I honed my woodpecker-finding skills on a NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER. All along the trails I walked Orange-crowned Warblers were singing. I encountered a pair chasing each other or perhaps it was only the male doing the chasing. One of the pair was orange-crowned. Other species heard and seen were CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, OAK TITMOUSE, SPOTTED TOWHEE, STELLER'S JAY, WESTERN SCRUB JAY, WRENTIT, SONG SPARROW, NORTHERN FLICKER and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. A pair of HUTTON'S VIREO were foraging in trees as a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER flitted higher up. A HAIRY WOODPECKER drummed loudly. A DARK-EYED JUNCO was seen carrying nesting material. CALIFORNIA QUAIL were taking dust baths. Two GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWs foraged two feet from me seemingly comfortable with my presence. A CALIFORNIA TOWHEE flew within a few feet of me. I wondered why they seemed unusually unwaried. I thought that I heard a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER but didn't see it. As I was returning via the Coyote Trail I heard WARBLING VIREOs but could not find them in backlit trees. The last species seen was YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle) as I completed my hike. I was hiking at a good pace and stopped only when I heard or saw something interesting. Hearing all of the birds singing certainly made today's hike more enjoyable. Peggy Don _______________________________________________ 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]]