From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu May 27 17:19:49 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4S0HSim027777 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 May 2004 17:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4S0GHcu027727 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 May 2004 17:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcaul2e.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.84.78] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BTV2n-0006dD-00 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 27 May 2004 17:16:17 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:06:42 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Willow Flycatcher, migrants (Stevens Creek) 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]] Folks: This morning, 5/26/2004, I took a walk along Stevens Creek from Crittenden Lane to La Avenida. I didn't find any migrants until I reached the thicker riparian of cottonwoods and willows above where the Ames bike path joins the levee. Along this stretch I found a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, a WARBLING VIREO, a SWAINSON'S THRUSH, and 2-3 YELLOW WARBLERS. The Yellow Warblers occasionally sang, but the others were silent. At Crittenden Lane I watched as a COMMON RAVEN flew under the bridge and attempted to grasp the CLIFF SWALLOW nests and pick nestlings out of them. He appeared to work over a couple of nests before the colony of 200+ birds exploded out and flew around him. They looked like a swarm of hornets, but I never saw actually attack the raven. It remained for another 15 or 20 seconds and then abandoned the attempt. I didn't see any nestlings in its bill so I suspect that it was unsuccessful. This afternoon I stopped by the Palo Alto Duck Pond to watch the numerous age classes of SNOWY EGRETS, from small nestlings with gray down to fledged birds. It is difficult to estimate the totals, but it certainly is a show. A washed-out 1st-summer GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL I here as well. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]