From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun May 2 17:34:48 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i430X0H3017918 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 May 2004 17:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.92]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i430ViAg017865 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 May 2004 17:31:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flora02.slac.stanford.edu (flora02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.57]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i430Vh1Q000849 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 May 2004 17:31:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id i430VhiV008716 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 May 2004 17:31:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: flora02.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 17:31:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [SBB] Yellow-headed Blackbirds 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]] This afternoon (about 4:30) I had four YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS along the Disk Drive fenceline in the area where the male was reported a couple of weeks ago (near the black trash bags). They were female-type; one was a bit larger and could well have been a young male, but they didn't stay long enough for careful study. The group flew east toward Arzino, but I didn't pin down just where. I was pretty sure I had glimpsed one here on Saturday morning, on the way back from a visit to Ed Levin. I had walked the first stretch of the Agua Caliente trail, uphill east of Sandy Wool Lake, finding the expected breeding birds. The highlight was surely a RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW singing at the edge of the trail, less than 10 feet away -- I had to back up to focus, and was able to watch it closely for over a minute, as it seemed quite undisturbed. The only for-sure migrants I found were (as elsewhere in the area) WESTERN TANAGERs -- between the Elm and Spring Valley picnic areas I had a total of 5. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]