From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Nov 1 20:32:15 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA24Tdjm002499 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:29:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.81]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id iA24SpVC002457 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:28:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown (HELO DGBD400.sbcglobal.net) (dgb?[[email protected]]@68.125.52.125 with login) by smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2004 04:28:48 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]]@pop.sbcglobal.yahoo.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.1.1 Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:27:46 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Debbi Brusco <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Monte Bello Monday 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]] I took the day off to scout for a birding hike next weekend. A beautiful clear day it was, but with biting wind. My birding partner Susan and I decided to try going the opposite way on Stevens Creek Nature Trail, turning right from the Canyon Trail shortly after the kiosk in the lot. We got a late start (10:00), and it was pretty quiet. Once we got into the woods, we first heard, then saw two HERMIT THRUSH. Shortly after we passed the Poison Oak nature sign, we began to hear hefty pecking. We couldn't see anything obvious, so we continued down past the drainage pipe (but before the Edges nature sign). Looking past a moss-covered tree next to the remains of a trunk, scanning through the madrone and oak, by some miracle I came upon a red-capped head, pecking away in the third or fourth layer of trees. Though partially obscured, the unmistakable face patterns of a female PILEATED WOODPECKER came into view! We could partially see the top half of the bird, and observed it for at least 20 minutes between 10:30 and 11:00. Other observations of note were four VARIED THRUSH just before coming out to the meadow at the intersection of White Oak/Canyon Trails, and a TOWNSENDS WARBLER as we had lunch under a Buckeye there. The rest of the characters: noisy flock of Pygmy Nuthatch by the sag pond! Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Hutton's Vireo Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Lesser Goldfinch Acorn Woodpecker Brown Creeper Common Raven Scrub Jay Golden Crowned Sparrow California Towhee American Kestrel White Tailed Kite Northern Flicker one Red Tailed Hawk perched on a telephone pole Debbi _______________________________________________ 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]]