From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat May 15 22:43:06 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4G5emUx003260 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 22:40:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4G5cuD6003215 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 22:38:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-2ivfi0j.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.200.19] helo=kirstennt) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BPEMQ-000174-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 15 May 2004 22:38:55 -0700 From: "Kirsten R. Holmquist" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 22:36:13 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C43ACD.0715C370" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <[[email protected]]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: [SBB] Alum Rock 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]] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C43ACD.0715C370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The SCVAS trip to Alum Rock Park took place under beautiful conditions. A light breeze kept it from getting too hot. We started at the parking lot at the far end of the park road. Our day started out with a bang when we found an AMERICAN DIPPER foraging in the creek. We also quickly found the HORNED OWL nest with two downy chicks and an adult standing guard. Unbelievable that they are nesting in a cliff overlooking a parking lot and so easily visible. Several BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS of both genders were hanging out around the parking lot and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were zooming up and down the creek. Oh, there were a few AMERICAN ROBINS and STELLARS JAYS around as well. We started up the hill and right off we had a NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, with a very small red cap. Another NUTTALL'S soon arrived, an adult male with a much larger red cap. They went off in tandem so probably a dad with a young of the year. We soon came to a Pine Tree by the trail which contained a male SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD, definitely a Rufous/Allen's. Very little green was seen on the back so possibly a Rufous. Just a little farther on, another male SELASPHORUS was perched right next to a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD. This hummer had much more green on the back and may have been an Allen's. An ACCIPITER went by overhead. The tail was very squared off, the wings carried quite hunched, consequently, the head looked small. We concluded it was a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. We were watching VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS when a single WHITE-THROATED SWIFT went by. We went up the Todd Quick trail. At the palm trees, we were lucky enough to get both HOODED and BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, along with ACORN WOODPECKERS of course. An AMERICAN KESTREL joined us briefly as well. In the sage just past the big overhanging Oak tree, we got an incredibly cooperative RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. It stayed up long enough to get a scope on it and have everyone cycle through to get a good look. A little farther on, a CALIFORNIA THRASHER also got with the program and stayed perched long enough for everyone to get a good look. Looking up towards the big Eucs at the top of the trail, we saw a RED-TAILED HAWK burst out harassed by smaller birds. At the Eucs, we realized there is a RED-TAILED HAWK nest in them with WESTERN KINGBIRDS flycatching around them. More of both types of ORIOLES in the area as well. Just past the Eucs, we had a bounty of smaller birds, including a pair of WILSON'S WARBLERS, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, some LESSER GOLDFINCHES, HOUSE WRENS, and SPOTTED TOWHEES. While enjoying all of them, a few people caught sight of a male LAZULI BUNTING in the grass of the hillside above the trail. Walking back to the parking lot, we once again got great looks at some RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS including a young begging next to an adult. We also had a CALIFORNIA TOWHEE doing its best imitation of a woodpecker clinging to the side of a tree trunk. Of course, we all had to ooh and ahh over the HORNED OWLS again before leaving. Best Regards, Kirsten R. 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