[SBB] some East Side birds

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Hi All!
    On Tuesday 3/1/05 at Lake Cunningham, the WISA was  still present at her 
favorite tree.  The ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD that built her  nest in the first big 
pine as you drive into Parking Lot C has hatched a baby  hummer!   The baby's 
bill is the not quite the length of its head, but  its huge eyes were very 
alert, and it watched me watching it.  A  pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS called back 
and forth to each other, one sitting on  a nest and one perched in a nearby 
tree.  The nest is just past  parking lot B (on the way to parking lot C) on 
the right in a sycamore across  the road from some pines, right where the road 
dips down.  
    At Alum Rock Park on Wednesday 3/2/05, I dipped on  the Western 
Screech-owl, but heard an AMERICAN DIPPER screeching.  The  dipper was trilling its 
loud metallic call as it headed upstream.  It  didn't stop, and I didn't have 
time to chase it (you can't cut class when you're  the teacher!).  Penitencia 
Creek was really flowing yesterday!    A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD--solid rust over the 
head down to the tail--was  perched on the dead snag on the left (as you drive 
in) where the road  widens and parking spaces are painted on  either side.    
    Today 3/3/05 at Overfelt Gardens, a single NORTHERN  FLICKER with yellow 
under the wings and tail was perched in a tree  with 4 red-shafted flickers.  
There were also many NORTHERN  ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS calling and flying around 
both the biggest pond and  the north-western pond (on which a single 
RING-NECKED DUCK swam).
                                                            Take  care!
                                                                Kim  Blythe
                                                                Santa  Clara
    
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