[SBB] Alum Rock Park and Penetencia Creek Ponds Sat., 7 May 2005

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Greetings SBB'ers,

In the interest of a more complete report and brevity, here's a summary of 
the Ohlone Audubon Soc.Trip Saturday.  Several notable observations are 
included, esp. under NOTES. Abbreviations are found under CODES. Hopefully this won't 
be too distorted in electronic translations.

Happy Birding,
Phil (and Pat) Gordon
Hayward, ALA Co.

    OHLONE AUDUBON ALUM ROCK PARK, SCL Co. TRIP 2005            
    Leaders - Phil and Pat Gordon           
    Date - Sat., 7 May 2005         

    OBSERVATIONS            
    BIRDS               Numbers Notes   P.Ck.Ponds Only
1   Pied-billed Grebe   2 - 3                   **
2   Green Heron     1                       **
3   Turkey Vulture      10+     
4   Mallard 6+                                  **
5   Cooper's Hawk       1 f.        
6   Red-shouldered Hawk 2       
7   Red-tailed Hawk     3       
8   American Kestrel    1             m.        
9   American Coot       3           CN; #AmCo   **
10  Killdeer                2 (pr.?)        
11  Spotted Sandpiper   1 (f.?)     N           **
12  Band-tailed Pigeon  7           #BTPi   
13  Mourning Dove       5+/-        
X   Great Horned Owl    2 (nestlings)#GHOw  
14  White-throated Swift    2                       **
15  Anna's Hummingbird  3       N; #AnHu    
16  Belted Kingfisher   2 (1 m.)        
17  Acorn Woodpecker    5+      
18  Nuttall's Woodpecker 2 (m.,f.)      
19  Northern (R-s) Flicker 1 m.     
20  Western Wood-Pewee 4        
21  Black Phoebe          5         N (2)   
22  Cassin's Vireo      2 (pr.)     N; #CaVi    
23  Steller's Jay           10+     
24  Western Scrub-Jay   5+/-        
25  Yellow-billed Magpie    1       
26  Common Raven        2       
27  Tree Swallow        3       
28  No. Rough-winged Swallow 8+ CN; #NRSw   
29  Cliff Swallow       3+                      **
30  Barn Swallow        2                       **
31  Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9+    CF  
32  Oak Titmouse        4       
33  Bushtit             4 (1 pr.)       N   
34  Bewick's Wren       2       
35  House Wren      4           N   
36  American Robin      6           N(2)+Y  
37  Wrentit             2       
38  Northern Kockingbird 1                  **
39  European Starling   20+         N (2)+Y 
40  Cedar Waxwing       25+     
41  Yellow-rumped (A) Warbler 2 (m.,f.)     
42  Townsend's  Warbler 1           #ToWa   
                        Numbers Notes   P.Ck.Ponds
43  Wilson's Warbler    4 (3 m.,1 f.)       
44  Western Tanager 2 (m.)      
45  Spotted Towhee      4+      
46  California  Towhee  3+      
47  Song Sparrow        5+      
48  Lazuli Bunting      1 (m.)      
49  Red-winged Blackbird 2                  **
50  Brown-headed Cowbird 1      
51  Hooded Oriole       1       
52  Bullock's Oriole        1 (f.)      
53  House Finch     3+/-        
54  Lesser Goldfinch    6+      
55  House Sparrow       1(f.)                   **
                
    MAMMALS         
1   Calif. Mole     "Rope" runway   
      (Scapanus latimanus)          
X   Mountain Lion               f.? + 2cubs 2days ago   
      (Felis concolor)          
2   Calif. Ground Squirrel 8+       
      (Citellus beecheyi)           
3   Eastern Fox Squirrel 1      
      (Sciurus niger)           
4   Deer Mouse  1 (juv.)    1/2 grown; dead 
      (Peromyscus maniculatus)          
5   Mule (Pacific Blacktail) Deer   2       
      (Odocoileus hemionus)         

    REPTILES            
1   Pacific Pond Turtle     1 (ad.)             **
2   Western Fence Lizard 1 (ad.)        

    BUTTERFLIES         
1   Common (Chalcedon) Checkerspot          
2   Buckeye Butterfly           
3   Western Tiger Swallowtail           
4   Pale Swallowtail            
5   Cabbage Butterfly           
6   Alfalfa *(Sulfur) Butterfly         
7   Umber (?) Skipper           

    NOTES           
    #AmCo=f. (?) finding & carrying & arranging nest material in floating 
NEST            
    #BTPi=4/5 on ground at site of mineral spring - gathering minerals salts?   
        
    #GHOw=2 owlets in cavity having been observed for weeks; didn't show this 
day         
    #AnHu=f. flew to brood eggs on horiz. Alder branch; < 20' east of last 
ped. bridge        up P.Ck.            
    #CaVi=Nest found when pr.attacked StJa, then f.? flew to NEST. Attacking 
        watched several times. See Web below.           
    #NRSw=f. on ground gathering grass stems (nest material?); to fly off w/ 
it  by 
        mouth           
    #ToWa=Wet bird In Willow above P.Ck., no doubt at bathing spot also 
visited by 
        WeTa, SoSp and others.          
        Numbers Notes   P.Ck.Ponds
    CODES           
    SCL Co.=Santa Clara County          
    P. Ck.=Penetencia Creek         
    **=Found only along P.Ck., below Alum Rock Park         
    f.; m.=Female; male; pr.=pair           
    N=Nest          
    Y=Nestlings; ad.=Adult          
    CN=Carrying nesting material            
    CF=Carrying food (to young)         
    #=Notes (for sp. designated)            
    sp.=species

    Pictures on Web Sites by Field Trip participant 
    Akiro So; with thanks, Phil & Pat Gordon
    http://home.earthlink.net/~akira_s/Temp/AnnaHummerNest.htm
    http://home.earthlink.net/~akira_s/Temp/CassinsVireoNest.htm

    Report submitted: PEG:peg 8 May 2005
 
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