[SBB] Sanborn-Skyline County Park

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All,
 
This morning Frank Vanslager and I first checked out the lower portion  
Sanborn-Skyline County Park, along Sanborn Road, with very little of interest  
being found.  We then went to the end of Sanborn Road and birded the park  up to 
Lake Ranch Reservoir, the northern and eastern portions of the lake  as well as 
a section of the power line access road to the southeast.  Birds  of interest 
included at least 5 WESTERN TANAGERS (3 males, two females made up  of two 
pair with the spare male seen some distance away.  One of  the pair was spotted 
copulating at the top of a conifer), BLACK-THROATED GRAY  WARBLERS, 
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (heard), WARBLING  VIREO (heard), 
CASSIN'S VIREO (heard) and HUTTON'S VIREO  (heard).  Earlier on our to the end of 
Sanborn Road we spotted  15 to 20 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS working over a bird feeder 
in front  of a house.  The most interesting thing about this was that as the 
birds  jockied for position on the feeder they were in a mostly vertical 
flight  attitude with their tails spread, thus providing the best views I've ever  
had of the Band at the end of the tail.  
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling
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