From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Sep 1 21:25:25 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i824LxGS004583 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:22:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.coastside.net (iris.coastside.net [207.213.212.14]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i824LBDB004542 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:21:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: (qmail 17823 invoked by uid 88); 1 Sep 2004 21:21:04 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO ?66.81.78.233?) (66.81.78.233) by mail.coastside.net with SMTP; 1 Sep 2004 21:21:04 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 20:16:16 -0800 From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birds <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] More RB Nuthatches, PIWO, Tons o' Townsends Warblers 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]] > Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit All, I have been enjoying a series of late-afternoon walks along Skyline Blvd. this week. The influx of early Townsend's Warblers first noted by David Suddjian a few days ago is substantial. Yesterday 8/31/2004 I checked several spots along the Bay Area Ridge Trail and found very little except for four Townsend's Warblers on the Santa Clara side of Hwy 35 just across from the Castle Rock St. Park main entrance. One Western-type Flycatcher was there too. Today 9/1, I walked down to Table Mtn on the Charcoal Rd. route in Upper Stevens Creek County Park. At 4:15 I had a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the very top of Charcoal Rd. Then it was quiet except for a few chickadees, creepers, and Hutton's Vireos until nearly 5 PM when a Pileated Woodpecker called from Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve just south of the trail in a densely-wooded gulch with old-growth firs. A second Red-breasted Nuthatch was vocal at that location. Farther down, near Table Mtn. itself, a large flock of chickadees contained several more Townsend's Warblers (3 different individuals at a minimum). At that point I ran out of time and quit trying to ID every treetop warbler, but there were many more "chip" notes above me on the return trip via the skinnier, alternate trail. Two Vaux's Swifts shimmered over the ridge together at 5:45. --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ 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]]