From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat May 1 11:22:24 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i41IKaGs021360 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.185]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i41IJbAg021320 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 May 2004 11:19:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown (HELO jannana.pacbell.net) (jannana%[[email protected]] with login) by smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2004 18:19:34 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: jannana%[[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 11:19:30 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Western Tanager bonanza. 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]] The Wild Bird group lead by Freddy Howell, birded at Lake Almaden today to scope out birds for tomorrows Birdathon. I arrived early and stopped at a recently placed nest box, hoping to see the Ash throated Flycatcher I'd seen a few days earlier. Instead I was greeted by nine W. Tanagers arriving from other Valley Oaks further up the hill. This stand of Valley Oaks is on Mazzone Drive at Cross Springs Drive, just west of the Mazzone bridge. Also in the tree was a singing male Yellow Warbler. Large and small flocks of Cedar Waxwings were flying by. I saw a few Nutmeg Mannikins in the grass near the creek and a Black Phoebe perched in the tree. A Black headed Grosbeak was heard further up the hill. Along the Alamitos Creek trail towards the lake, we heard Cal. Thrasher, and more B.H. Grosbeaks singing. Two Pacific slope Flycatchers, and House Wrens were also heard only. Several members of our group spotted a pair of Bewicks Wrens nesting in the retaining blocks along the trail. These tiny birds were flying into a small hole where two concrete blocks meet. Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Black crowned Night Herons and one Green Heron were seen on the island. Foresters Terns were creating a racket and two Caspian Terns were sitting on a sand bar. Near the bathrooms Bullocks Orioles and a Western Kingbird pair were seen in the Sycamore trees, as was a Robin on a nest. After the group left I crossed the wooden bridge and walked to the rangers station where I found a white headed Bewicks Wren in the first Sycamore tree on the right. I stopped to check the Valley Oak trees again on the way home and was just in time to see eleven W.Tanagers flying north from the tree. A pair of Bullocks Orioles and one pair of W.Tanagers were in the tree when I left. Janna Pauser Almaden Valley . _______________________________________________ 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]]