From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Mar 20 17:02:58 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2L11BAp016446 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2L108pJ016395 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:00:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [24.4.0.160] (c-24-4-0-160.client.comcast.net[24.4.0.160]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004032101000501100ie06oe>; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:00:05 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:00:04 -0800 From: Dennis Braddy <[[email protected]]> To: SouthBayBirds <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Alum Rock Pairs 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]] SouthBayBirders, Many of the birds we saw this morning at Alum Rock Park were paired up - AMERICAN DIPPER, CALIFORNIA THRASHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN KESTREL, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BEWICK'S WREN, WRENTIT, and RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. One dipper was 100 feet upstream from the bridge at the end of the last parking lot, the other a bit farther upstream past the next bridge and across from the restrooms. The thrashers were above North Rim Trail near the east end. One sang, the other listened. One bold Bewick's Wren sang from a perch less than 6 feet from us. The pair of Rufous-crowned Sparrows were toward the west end of North Rim Trail roughly on a line between Alum Rock and Eagle Rock. Another Rufous-crowned Sparrow sang from its lofty perch just east of Eagle Rock. Also at Alum Rock Park were a VARIED THRUSH, our first of the year WESTERN KINGBIRD, several singing HOUSE WRENS, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRDS, many NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, and a RED-TAILED HAWK surveying its nest in a eucalyptus at the top of Todd Quick Trail. We stopped by Ed R. Levin County Park on the way home where we saw a dozing BARN OWL at Elm Picnic Area, a soaring GOLDEN EAGLE (occasionally harassed by diminutive Red-tailed Hawks) and a pair of YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIES above Sandy Wool Lake, and two male BULLOCK'S ORIOLES at the entrance to Chapparal Ranch. Dennis and Patricia Braddy San Ramon _______________________________________________ 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]]