From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Feb 12 23:26:47 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1D7MpGn019794 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:22:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pimout4-ext.prodigy.net (pimout4-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.98]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1D4T0Af015754 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:29:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from Kris (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by pimout4-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 milter /8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1D4SsHb197222 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:28:58 -0500 From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birders" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:28:55 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c51184$8af192d0$6601a8c0@Kris> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id j1D4T0Af015754 Subject: [SBB] Williamson's Sapsucker continues at Lake Cunningham (San Jose) 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]] Lots of people saw this bird today before I arrived at 10am and also got a great look at it. I am not sure why others didn't post or if the SBB postings are delayed--but just in case I am posting this. The bird was again in Lot C, in the pines just as your turn in; it then flew to a pine near the bathroom. We saw rows of holes where it has apparently been working. Another birded mentioned that he saw an "odd" woodpecker here a month ago but could not refind it to positively identify it. Present when I saw the bird were Peggy Don, Summer Brausel, Dean Manley, Dave Weber, Roy Carlson and one other birder. They said that Mike Rogers had been there earlier. We were also entertained by 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS which landed in the sapsucker's tree top at one point. After leaving Lake Cunningham, I checked Ocala Middle School for the flock of geese (with a Cackling Goose) but discovered instead numerous "flocks" of soccer and baseball players. Definitely not a good place to bird on weekends. >From there I drove up Sierra Road-- such a gorgeous day!-- finding several flocks of 20 or so HORNED LARKS with hundreds of WESTERN MEADOWLARKS (quite far below and at the summit/corral). I did not find Lark Sparrows nor American Pipits nor anything else unusual in the Horned Lark flocks. A GOLDEN EAGLE soared overhead along with 3 RED-TAILED HAWKS and many TURKEY VULTURES. Like Bob and Frank (Dec. 16, see below for comparison), I saw WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (8), SAYS PHOEBE (1 to their 6) and YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIES (I lost count after awhile. They were largely dispersed in pairs, with some groups of 4 or 6). Here and there I saw WHITE-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, with 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW at the summit. AMERICAN KELSTRELS seemed to be all over the place. Unlike Bob and Frank -- no shrikes or other sparrows or swifts or Ferruginous Hawks. I took the Marsh Road turn off as the green gate was open. On the way was a flock of LESSER GOLDFINCHES. At the bottom, where there is a locked gate, was a GOLDEN EAGLE on the ground with ground-squirrels nearby watching; though I could not see, I assume the eagle was eating. In the same meadow was a PRAIRIE FALCON -- who at times was so close I had not need for and may not have been able to use my scope. The light was perfect; it flew from telephone pole to pole-- exhibiting its pale tawny/brown back, dark axillaries and when perched, bright orange-yellow legs and feet. In the pond at the Marsh Rd. turn off (Felter) were AMERICAN WIGEONS, BUFFLEHEADS, 1 female RING-BILLED DUCK and 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. KILLDEER were in several flat areas. Woodpeckers for the day were 1 ACORN WOODPECKER and 2 NORTHERN FLICKER (in addition to the morning sapsucker.) A quick stop in Alviso on the way home produced a BURROWING OWL (Jubilee Christian Center) and 1 ROSS'S GOOSE with 1 CACKLING GOOSE (Minima) in the flock of CANADAS. Dave Weber was checking out the geese flock, too. Good birding, Kris Olson Menlo Park, CA [12/16/0-4] All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I had a flock of 25 HORNED LARKS along Sierra Road between the Corral at the top of the hill and 5500 Sierra Road. Just before 5500 Frank had a flock of 31 YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIES on one hillside with 5 - 6 more on another nearby hillside. Along this same area we had 3 - 4 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES, 5 - 6 SAY'S PHOEBES, six WESTERN BLUEBIRDS and at least one flock of eight WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS (later we had another? flock at the beginning of Felter Road) . Just beyond 5500 we had a mixed flock of up to ten LARK SPARROWS, 8 - 10 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS (mostly first winter birds), at least three RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS and a LINCOLN SPARROW (an odd location?) in with the SAVANNAH SPARROWS. Just below the Marsh Road turnoff we had six HOODED MERGANSERS (three each) in with the usual assortment of ducks, KILLDEER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a Dowitcher in the cattle pond. Above the pond, with soaring RED-TAILED HAWKS and TURKEY VULTURES, we had a GOLDEN EAGLE, two FERRUGINOUS HAWKS (one was a light phase juvenile which closely followed the first FEHA over the same hill and out of sight) and an adult BALD EAGLE. Later as we neared the junction with Calaveras Road an adult PRAIRIE FALCON flew low over us heading up Felter Road. A juvenile Golden Eagle (white base of tail and fair amounts of white in the lower wing) was in the same area just south of the Calaveras Road junction. Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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