From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 6 14:43:09 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j16MfNGn028049 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:41:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp817.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp817.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.3]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j16Me1Af028009 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown (HELO jannana.pacbell.net) (jannana%[[email protected]] with login) by smtp817.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Feb 2005 22:40:01 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:39:58 -0800 To: south birds <[[email protected]]> From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Calero County Park X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Seems like the best birding is done "spur of the moment" like today's decision to bird in Calero County Park. I walked south on the Figueroa Trail along side a creek and back which took only two hours. A large flock of W. Meadowlarks were flying low over the hills, some perched in a large oak tree. Red winged Blackbirds were calling and displaying their red lesser coverts near the pond. A wonderful sight I remember seeing about this time last year. One Say's Phoebe was fly catching from the fence. I found a pair of nesting Red-shouldered Hawks behind the yellow ranch house when an adult landed on its nest. Two pair of W. Bluebirds were in the top of some oak trees along McKean Rd. Numerous Chestnut backed Chickadees and Oak Titmouse were chattering all along the trail. Several flocks of Golden-crowned Sparrows and one flock of White-crowned Sparrows seen. I heard and saw numerous No. Flickers, Acorn and Nuttalls Woodpeckers. Some noisy Steller's Jays kept me company along the trail where I met only I other hiker. I heard five different Hutton's Vireos, but again, couldn't find one!! Before I turned around on the trail I found a knot of 4 Townsend's Warblers. A very bright Red-breasted Sapsucker land in a tree with many sapsucker holes. Some Cal. Quail were foraging through the poison oak near the creek. More Red tailed and Red shouldered Hawks seen and one Coopers. A flock of 9 Wild Turkeys were on a hillside on the north side of McKean. An immature Golden Eagle was seen soaring high over the hills, identified by it's distinctive markings. Back at the parking lot I saw two more Cal. Thrashers, a Hermit Thrush and 50 A. Crows. I counted over 20 Turkey Vultures, one large kettle containing 13 individuals. I stopped at Fortini Ranch trail on the way home and talked to Grant and Kathy Webb who had just seen a W. Kingbird. I heard some Rufous crowned Sparrows and spotted another Say's Phoebe and left for home. On Almaden Ex. I spotted a very large bird with wings like a wooden plank. I pulled over to watch an adult Golden Eagle soaring near Via Valiente. Janna Pauser Almaden Valley _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]