From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed May 5 22:22:40 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i465KwGv019347 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 5 May 2004 22:20:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i465JAAg019291 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 5 May 2004 22:19:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.197.117 ([204.127.197.117]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004050605191001400jtjs6e>; Thu, 6 May 2004 05:19:10 +0000 Received: from [24.6.248.198] by 204.127.197.117; Thu, 06 May 2004 05:19:09 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 05:19:09 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Apr 12 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] 5/5/04 Yellow-Breasted Chat at Llagas 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]] Hi: After 12 attempts, today was the first time I actually got to see a Yellow-breasted Chat!!! I've heard them on many occasions, but I don't count sounds for my first sightings. It was down the first levy trail to the left, near the end, on the second set of trees from the path, kind of near where the White-tailed Kites are hanging out this year. Call me crazy, but I used my imitation Chat call to call him (or her) out (for those of you who've heard my bird imitations, I sometimes think birds are scared out). He flew out and up about 10' above the treetops, chatting and hover/fluttering the whole way. He perched on top of a willow and sang some more. At this point, the bird had been singing for about 15 minutes (a variety of loud sounds), and one of the Kites got tired of listening and flushed the Chat away (artist's interpretation of events). He resumed singing further away. The highlight of my day was returning to my car, parked down the road at least 6 feet from pavement next to a crop field, only to find a nice (Yellow-breasted Chat colored) CHP sticker on my rear window warning me that I had parked on a highway. Don't tell me a country road with farm crops on both sides for miles is a highway (or that CHP doesn't have better things to do than patrol country roads)?!%&#! On this subject (that is, the complaining subject), the little restaurant/bar/store where our local Audubon trips convene on the way to Panoche Valley informed me that restrooms are now only available to restaurant customers (even after I'd bought two items)!#%@#! OK, who didn't buy a bag of chips! I recommend that future trips not meet here so that we don't patronize this place (or, if you're desperate, slip a fiver across the counter and see if you can get the key-but keep your fingers on it). With no parking near the Alviso Dump, no parking on the side of the Gilroy road, and no potty on the way to Panoche, I wonder how us birders will be able to continue our sport! Take care, Jean Myers _______________________________________________ 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]]