From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jan 2 17:43:06 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j031fZGn013492 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:41:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j031d1Af013434 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from 204.127.205.150 ([204.127.205.150]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20050103013852012003shgge>; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 01:38:52 +0000 Received: from [67.169.121.5] by 204.127.205.150; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:38:52 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:38:52 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Nov 22 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: bS5tLnJvZ2Vyc0Bjb21jYXN0Lm5ldA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Mt Hamilton CBC - 1/2/2005 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]] All, Today 1/2/2005, Mike Mammoser and I braved the rain (and snow atop Mt. Hamilton!) and birded around Isabel Valley (private property) for the Mt. Hamilton CBC. For the first time at this location we missed Western Screech-Owl before dawn. We did manage to find 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS and a very vocal NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL though. Perhaps because of the weather, bird numbers seemed a bit lower than normal. The only real surprise we had today was a single LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (rare back in the interior of the Diablo Range, especially in winter). Modest numbers of skittish ducks included16 WOOD DUCKS; a mediocre raptor day (not surprising given the weather) was topped by 3 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS (2 adults, 1 immature), an immature GOLDEN EAGLE, and an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (another scarce bird in the interior of the Diablo Range) - no accipiters, no Merlins, no Prairie Falcons, all of which are usually seen here. The usual Isabel Valley specialties were in evidence, with 20 LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS, 4 PHAINOPEPLAS, 3 SAGE SPARROWS, 40 TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS, and 3 male LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES. Among 64 FOX SPARROWS, at least 5 appeared to be "Slate-colored" birds. Somewhat expected this winter, we had a flock of 28 PINE SISKINS with some goldfinches. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]