From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Mar 24 15:56:31 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2ONsGAq011944 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:54:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m15.mx.aol.com (imo-m15.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.205]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2ONqppJ011900 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m15.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.2.) id t.163.2d52ae3e (4584) for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:47 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:52:47 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5007 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin County Park 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]] All, This morning I first went to the southern portion of Ed Levin County Park where the only bird of note was a single male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD. I then decided to check out the hill above "The Sycamore Gulch" located above Sandy Wool Lake in the northern portion of the park. I worked my way up the hill and then over and down to the upper hang glider launch point taking the road back down to "The Sycamore Gulch" and back to the parking lot. I saw a grand total of four sparrows on the hilltop; two were not clearly identified, one was a SAVANNAH SPARROW and the fourth was an adult GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. Both species of sparrows tend to crawl around in the grass but the two unidentified sparrows had the darker GIS of the Savannah Sparrow when seen in flight. As far as I'm concerned the hill itself has been overgrazed (cattle) and what little cover was left has been literally, smashed into the ground by the cattle. When Frank Vanslager and I birded this area on March 9th we saw at least four Rufous-crowned Sparrows, today I saw none. The only birds visible at "the gulch" were a few LESSER GOLDFINCHES and two male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS. My feeling is that few birds will be able to use this hill this year. Some grazing would seem to be good for the land but clearly too many cattle were on this hill for way too long. Back at the parking lot a couple male BULLOCK'S ORIOLES were making their presence know but a check of the eucalyptus trees failed to yield any goodies. In the picnic area below the dam I managed to find two BARN OWLS but the eucalyptus trees there were also barren of "notables." Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]