[SBB] Quicksilver Co. Park McAbee entrance

[Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>]

I hadn't birded in Quicksilver Park for several weeks so this 
mornings cooler temperatures made it a pleasant hike. As I arrived I 
watched a bulldozer breaking off fence posts, a painful reminder that 
the Pierce Ranch is slowly being demolished and subdivided for new 
homes. It was very quiet from the McAbee entrance going up Mine Hill 
Trail except for some common woodland species and Wild Turkeys with 
half grown young. I heard a Black-shouldered Kite's call just before 
the trail turns west and saw an adult fly to another kite perched in 
the top of a tree on the ridge. With the sun in my eyes I could see 
the perched kites head was not white but couldn't make out the color. 
I waited, and several minutes later the adult returned and again fed 
the (assumed) juvenile kite.

Many of the Elderberry bushes were already dried up and no Cal. 
Thrashers were seen or heard. One Blue gray Gnatcatcher was seen 
along the Guadalupe Trail and one Ash Throated Flycatcher was heard. 
A few Band tailed Pigeons flew overhead here. As I turned onto the 
Senador trail, I saw a tiny f. Anna's Hummingbird feeding at newly 
sprouted acorns where they're attached to the cap. I wonder what she 
was finding to eat? I'd seen several deer already and when I looked 
down the hill was surprised to find a wild pig with two tiny black 
piglets, a rare sight in the park these days. I found a birdy spot 
back at the start of Mine Hill trail, where a Huttons Vireo, and 
three or four Wrentits were seen in the brush. A Coopers Hawk was 
calling from an oak tree upsetting a W. Gray Squirrel. Nuttalls and 
Acorn the only woodpecker species seen today.

 Janna Pauser Almaden area
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