[SBB] Twin Gates 04-24-05

[Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>]

All,

On a scouting trip today, my friend Brian Christman, Kelly and I 
visited Twin Gates along Mount Hamilton Road. About 1.5 miles up from 
Grant Lake we had a RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW along the side of the road 
but it got away too fast for us to admire sufficiently. At the trail 
head lot we had several BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH and 
WESTERN BLUEBIRDS in the big oaks above the lot. The hill trail across 
the road seemed crazy with so many WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES but little 
else. Overhead passed several BAND-TAILED PIGOENS. Most welcome were a 
few LARK SPARROWS in the lower area below the gate.

The Smith Creek area was frustrating, as I implied earlier, because of 
the fence preventing access to the stream, but WESTERN WOOD PEWEE was 
heard in the area and of course, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and WARBLING 
VIREO.

On the way home, we paused near Grant Lake and saw a CASPIAN TERN 
flying over the near shore.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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