Re: [SBB] Easter Sunday birding

["Amy Summerfelt" <[[email protected]]>]

Mike and South Bay Birders,

This is a piece that was on NPR about Painted Lady butterflies making a rare
migration this year to the Northwest:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4563896

Amy Summerfelt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Mammoser" <[[email protected]]>
To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: [SBB] Easter Sunday birding


> On Sunday, 27 Mar 05, I stopped at Almaden Quicksilver Park (Mockingbird
> Hill entrance) and took a short walk. An adult COOPER'S HAWK flew low over
> the parking lot as I arrived. PURPLE FINCHES were singing quite
> persistently. I had one calling BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, my first of the
> season. An agitated ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER is probably indicative of
nearby
> nesting already begun. A flock of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS at the parking
lot
> had a good number of Myrtles mixed in, and were doing a fair amount of
> singing.
>
> A stop at Ogier Ponds produced 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2 BUFFLEHEAD still
> hanging around. A swarm of TREE SWALLOWS was buzzing around a single
> sycamore tree, probably vying for the available nest sites. An adult
> COOPER'S HAWK skimmed low over the weedy field, scattering RED-WINGED
> BLACKBIRDS and EUROPEAN STARLINGS in its wake. A few TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS
> were also evident in with them. A huge movement of Painted Lady?
butterflies
> was heading generally north throughout the Coyote Valley.
>
> Michael Mammoser
>
>
>
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