[SBB] Skyline Blvd birding

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All,
 
This morning Frank Vanslager and I had 16 to 18 RED CROSSBILLS in the trees  
at the top of Charcoal Rd (earlier we had a smaller group of RECR a couple  
hundred yards west of Charcoal Rd).  On Charcoal Rd we had a  couple singing 
male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS,  a silent WARBLING 
VIREO and singing CASSIN'S and HUTTON'S  VIREOS.  Later, on the Grizzly Flat 
trail we had several singing  BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS (a well seen male was a 
first of the year for  me); a singing WILSON'S WARBLER, a pair of PURPLE FINCHES, 
more  Orange-crowned Warblers and more Red Crossbills (no count).  This time  
the RECR were in, or very near, a good sized flock of Pygmy Nuthatch  sounding 
PINE SISKINS (we were hoping for Pygmy Nuthatch but a couple  "zhreeeee's" 
from the group dashed our hopes).  A PILEATED WOODPECKER was  heard several 
times calling and drumming from across the valley to the east  (toward Table 
Mountain).  A quick stop at Monte Bello OSP resulted in our  third Black-throated 
Gray Warbler (the best singer), more male Orange-crowned  Warblers but little 
else of note.
 
Take care,
Bob  Reiling          
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