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Folks:

Today, 10/15/2004, I counted birds from the Alameda County line on Mines 
Road, through the San Antonio Valley, to the summit of Mt. Hamilton.  Birds 
were pretty much as expected.

Arroyo Mocho was completely dry.  I crossed over into the Colorado Creek 
drainage and found a good bit of water where the road crosses the 
creek.  This was attractive to many wintering species.  I had about seven 
LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES here and these were all I saw today.  I also saw 10+ 
FOX SPARROWS, including Sooty, Slate-colored, and some intergrades.  Of the 
Slate-coloreds I could study, all seemed to have bills of the size or 
smaller than the Sooties, so probably no Large-billed birds present.  Most 
of the Slate-coloreds showed a fairly strong contrast between gray back and 
reddish wings and tail.  At least one of these birds had red 
streaks/spotting on the breast rather than the expected dark coloration of 
typical Slate-colored.

Streams in San Antonio Valley were mostly dry.  I had a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER 
about a quarter mile south of the junction and three more birds at the 
Y-bar ranch entrance.  Valley, blue, and scrub oaks all seemed to have a 
good acorn crop.  An adult CHIPPING SPARROW was at the pond at the dogleg.\

Driving up the east side of Mt. Hamilton, I didn't see much color change 
yet in the black oaks.  There was a fire over there this summer and a good 
bit of land north of the road and west of Isabel Creek has been burned.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 

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