Re: [SBB] Location of Rancho San Antonio Western Screech Owl

["mary keitelman" <[[email protected]]>]

hi Tom,

Directions below to screech owl, as well as a few descriptions of the local 
bobcat:


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Hi Ashok,

Sorry to hear that. Hope you do have the right tree. Here's another take
on the directions posted yesterday.

The owl sometimes hunkers down into the cavity in the tree bark. If you
walk away and approach back later it may get back on the perch.
Here's another set of directions posted yesterday:

Best.
Vivek

All:

Tuesday, May 23, at 9 AM the Western Screech-Owl was still snoozing in
the Oak at Rancho San Antonio County Park.  To paraphrase Cynthia Berg's
instructions: Go past the tennis courts to the split in the trail, and
take the paved road to the right.  Continue to the very end of the wire
fence.  At that final wooden post look up a dozen feet and you should
see him snoozing in the open.  Bob and I wandered by later, and he was
still there at 11:15.

Frank Vanslager

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Look for Rancho San Antonio on the web.
Bascially take 280 south, then exit Foothill Expwy North/West (i.e.
towards Stevens Creek Park). Take first road on the right. Cristo Rey.
There's a roundabout. Follow signs for Rancho San Antonio. Park
entrance is on the left. After entering, turn right and follow the
road to the parking lot furthest to the north. There look for the
trail that goes over a bridge to Deer Hollow Farm.

The tree with the owl is not the dead tree with broken off top (that's
the Acron Woodpecker tree mentioned below) but the next big tree on
the left of the road. Its left trunk is live but the right trunk is dead
and that's where the owl is.
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for two days in a row, I've seen a western screech owl at rancho san
antonio, around 3-4 in the afternoon.

Location:
if you park in the main lot(s) and head towards the farm -- after the
tennis courts the trail splits into paved road and the dirt path.
Take the paved road towards the farm.  about 3/4 of the way before the
trails meet up again, directly to the left of the road (tree is about
2' from the edge of the pavement) there's a partially dead tree and
the owl is sitting about 9' off the ground.  This is the first tree
AFTER the dead tree that the Acorn woodpeckers normally hang out in.
Owl sits in the 'far' side of the tree so go past the tree and turn
around to see him/her.  very photogenic.
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>From: "Donna Heim" <[[email protected]]>
>To: "'mary keitelman'" <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: RE: [SBB] directions for screech owl ?  Bobcat is easy...
>Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:29:36 -0700
>
>Hi Mary,
>Did you ever get any useful directions?  If so, I'd love to get the
>directions to the screech owl.  I tried following Bob Reiling's paraphrased
>directions to the oak nesting tree, but they led me to a bay tree instead!
>
>I did see the bobcat along the way, though.  You go to Rancho San Antonio,
>and park in the last parking lot, which has restrooms.  Then cross over the
>brown bridge at the end of the lot, over the stream, and turn right,
>following the wide path, which *roughly* parallels the stream.  Very
>quickly, in perhaps 1 minute, there will be a very large flat field on your
>left, with grass and weeds.  I saw the bobcat about half way between the
>picnic area and the tennis courts on the left side of the path, about 15
>feet from the path.  If he wanders into the taller grass near the back of
>the field you could miss him.  I hope this helps. You may want to bring a
>camera, since he's so cooperative and tame when he's by the path.
>Good luck,
>Donna Heim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [[email protected]]
>[mailto:[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of mary keitelman
>Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:48 PM
>To: [[email protected]]
>Cc: [[email protected]]
>Subject: [SBB] bobcat, screech owl -- next weekend?
>
>Are there any tips for finding the Screech Owl or the Bobcat?  I can look 
>of
>
>course, just wondering if there is any special direction as to where to see
>the owl.
>
>thanks!
>
>Mary Keitelman
>
>
>
>     From: "Mark Eaton" <[[email protected]]>
>To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: [SBB] Western Screech-Owl, Bobcat
>Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 11:47:30 -0700
>
>This morning at Rancho San Antonio, the world's tamest WESTERN SCREECH-OWL
>was displaying nicely for anyone that cared to look.  Not 40 feet away, the
>world's tamest BOBCAT was equally confiding.  Both were almost totally
>oblivious to the hordes of hikers, bikers and joggers than passed by while 
>I
>
>was there.  BTW, the bobcat might be slightly injured; its left rear leg
>appeared to be stiff when walking (it never cared enough to actually run
>anywhere).
>
>If this isn't enough, most other expected species for that habitat are
>easily observed in the area.
>
>Amazing,
>Mark
>
>---
>Mark Eaton
>[[email protected]]
>


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Mary Keitelman



>From: Tom Merigan <[[email protected]]>
>To: "South-Bay-Birds-plaidworks.org" <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: [SBB] Location of Rancho San Antonio Western Screech Owl
>Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:42:03 -0700
>
>I was away when the exact location of the Rancho San Antonio Western 
>Screech Owl was  announced.   Can someone give it ro latecomers like me?  I 
>would like to photograph it,  Here are a couple of shots of the shoreline 
>Burrowing Owls I took recently.
><http://www.pbase.com/merigan/image/64786238>http://www.pbase.com/merigan/image/64786238 
>http://www.pbase.com/merigan/image/64789642
>
>Thanks, Tom Merigan


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