From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu May 13 09:51:04 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4DGlkV0000694 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from concord.eddata.com (concord.eddata.com [216.2.25.194]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4DGkdD6000643 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by CONCORD with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <1YB53ALQ>; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:46:38 -0700 Message-ID: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9AA43B1C@CONCORD> From: Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:46:35 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [SBB] Southern Santa Clara County roadside birds 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]] Good morning, Couple of stops on the way to work this morning produced nothing unusual in terms of rarities. However, the three large blue gum eucalyptus on San Felipe Road, just north of Pacheco Creek in southernmost Santa Clara County are in full flower, and holding large numbers of the expected birds right now. I stopped briefly this morning and the southernmost tree held a stunning number of birds: Allen's and Anna's Hummingbirds, American Robin, Western Kingbird, Black-Headed Grosbeak, Lesser, American and Lawrence's Goldfinch (1 pair), House Finch, Mourning Dove, E. Starling, Bullock's Orioles (several) and a fox squirrel or two. At Carnadero Creek and Bloomfield Road, birding for a minute or two from the bridge, a bobcat passed directly underneath me, ignoring me as I gave it a "psssst!" Not too birdy, but several Brown-headed Cowbirds were patrolling. Most interesting, for me, wasa a Spotted Towhee, singing a loud two-note song unlike I've ever heard from this bird, either live or on various recordings. Mark Paxton _______________________________________________ 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]]