[SBB] Mt Umunhum Rd and vicinity

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All,
 
This morning Pat Kenny, Roland Kenner, Frank Vanslager and I birded Mt  
Umunhum Rd and the trail leading to Bald Mountain.  Incomplete head  markings on a 
male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, the first bird of the day, caused some  excitement 
until the color and shape of the gorget could be  determined.  Otherwise things 
seemed fairly slow with singing CALIFORNIA  THRASHER, both TOWHEES, both JAYS, 
AMERICAN ROBIN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,  WILSON'S WARBLER, an interacting 
pair of [male and female] TOWNSEND'S  WARBLERS, at least four WESTERN TANAGERS 
(three males, all four together),  ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BLUE-GRAY 
GNATCATCHER, BEWICK'S WREN, WRENTIT, PURPLE  FINCH, WARBLING VIREO, HUTTON'S VIREO and 
at least three fly overs of two  BAND-TAILED PIGEONS each.  We had a bit more 
excitement when a bright  red Finch, initially thought to be a Purple Finch, 
was heard singing an  unrecognized song and was then found to have streaked 
undertail  coverts.  Unfortunately the flanks seemed a bit heavily streaked while  
the bill seemed too short [with a definitely curved tip] to be that of  a 
Cassin's Finch so we ticked off another HOUSE FINCH.  Later we had an  adult 
GOLDEN EAGLE perched on the top of a tall antenna on a beige  bldg. atop the 
mountain [near a fire lookout tower].  Blue-gray  Gnatcatchers higher up on Mt 
Umunhum Rd were heard to sing a song that we  don't normally associate with then 
(second bird of the day to do  so).  A walk down the trail to Almaden 
Quicksilver from the other side  of Hicks Road added BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK and OAK 
TITMOUSE to our day list  and we got to watch as Chestnut-backed Chickadees fed 
recently fledged and  begging young while DARK-EYED JUNCOS were spotted with 
beaks  jammed full of food. 
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling
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