From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon May 24 23:07:00 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4P64pio022398 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 24 May 2004 23:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.228]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4P63Tcu022350 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 24 May 2004 23:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-v8ldv7c.dsl.mindspring.com ([209.86.252.236] helo=richardciminonb) by mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1BSV1Y-0000FE-00; Mon, 24 May 2004 23:02:53 -0700 From: "Richard Cimino" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:02:46 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c4421d$e87bf8a0$ecfc56d1@richardciminonb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-ELNK-Trace: 7e75e61601c1a8af1aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79b7abe8cb2f38076c8be156b52ab749c6350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Location 4 Rosy Finches 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 weekend (Saturday) I hiked to Lone Pine Lake 11,000 ft. elevation on the trail to Mount Whitney summit. Find Lone Pine on HY 395 south of Bishop. In Lone Pine go west to Whitney Portal you can camp there. Better BLM camping and birding is on Tuttle Creek a few miles south. >From Pleasanton - east bay, it is 410 miles via The Kern River preserve via Walker Pass. At Lone Pine lake the south wall is a ice field that climbs to the Whitney base camp. I heard the Grey-crowned Rosy Finches. I could see them flitting around also in small groups. But I did not bring my scope up the mountain. So I I.D. the finches by call and habitat. On the way down I met a Wilderness Forest Service Ranger going to the Mount Whitney Base camp to open it for the season. I asked him about Gray-crowned Rosy Finches and he validated their presents near Lone Pine Lake and to the summit of Mount Whitney. The hike is six miles and 2000 ft elevation gain. Soon you'll need a permit to use the trail. I was surprised to find three Spotted Sand pipers around the lake also. A vocal Dipper at the water falls also. The trail is steep so as the White Throated Swifts come soaring by you very close, you can hear the air cutting through their wings. The Swifts are nesting in the shear granite walls. Another good spot ~ some what closer, is Sonora Pass environs on HY 108. There is still snow there @ 10,000ft level. I was here yesterday on my way home. In a few weeks the trails will open. Drive to and park at Sonora Pass picnic area summit HY 108. Hike up Sonora Peak 11,400+ft elevation. Gray Crowns are there while there is snow. Also south of Sonora Pass, you can walk across the road and hike south. Climb Leavitt Peak 10.400+ ft elevation. I have had Gray-crowns on the summit. Also hike southeast into a bowl of small high Alpine Lakes they are: Latopie Lake, Koenig Lake and Leavitt lake. I have had the Gray-crowned Rosy Finches there as late as 4TH JULY, but during an El Nino year so there was snow banks. They like snow banks, they pick off the frozen insects to feed on. Chris if you need more details e mail me at south bay birds. P.S. I searched the Wright Lakes area west of HY395 for Sage Grouse Sunday for 40 minutes. It was to windy to find any grouse. But I was told that are several family units with chicks up Bridgeport Canyon south of Bridgeport. Good Birding Rich Cimino -----Original Message----- From: south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Chris Fagyal Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:22 AM To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] RFI: Rosy Finches Question to anyone who may know:. Is there any reliable place to find Gray-crowned Rosy Finches during the spring/summer months? I know of the Wallaces in Aspendell but it states the finches come to their feeders during the winter months. Are there reliable places (feeders preferably) where one can find them during the summer? Thanks, Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. 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