From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Mar 22 21:24:48 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2N5N8Ar016510 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:23:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2N5M0pJ016452 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:22:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (adsl-66-126-230-68.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.230.68]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2N5Lw7s001757 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:21:59 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:21:47 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Los Gatos Creek & Vasona 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]] My sister and I did some lazy, local birding today, Monday, March 22, 2004, starting at the Campbell Perk Ponds and, after lunch in the late afternoon, ending at the Oak Meadow Park side of Vasona. The highlight in Los Gatos Creek was a White-throated Sparrow on Snipe Island. No snipe, of course. There were Rough-winged and Cliff Swallows, Osprey, Bufflehead, and a few other winter stragglers, but the Hooded Mergansers were gone. In the trees above Los Gatos Creek by Oak Meadow Park (the usual spot) we did find a beautiful male Bullock's Oriole, but the highlight was 75 or more Cedar Waxwings sunning and preening themselves after an apparent evening bath in the creek below. I have never seen such disheveled Waxwings, and they seemed very hurried about resuming their smooth and elegant appearance. The Great-blue Herons remain on their nests and are of course a sight no one should miss. There were also the usual Oak Tree birds as well, headlined by the Acorn Woodpecker. The full list: Pied-billed Grebe Double-Crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck American Coot Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Osprey Mourning Dove Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Anna's Hummingbird Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Black Phoebe Western Scrub Jay American Crow N. Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Oak Titmouse Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Bushtit American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Golden-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Oregon Junco Red-Winged Blackbird Bullock's Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Good birding, Gordon -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]