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It was hot and still above the fog line at 7:45
this morning at the little pond at Monte Bello's Gate 5. The pond was already
settled into its hot-day doldrums. It took more than an hour of observation to
winkle out a couple of goodies - the Sora pair was present again, deep in the
bulrushes, and an adult Chipping Sparrow in the willows was beginning the
transition to its winter plumage. A single Savannah Sparrow was the first here
in months; I expect to see a few more of them here before the winter rains
arrive and they disperse from the ol' waterhole again.
A more esoteric 'thrill' was the discovery on the
way back to my truck of TWO species new to my surveys up here: at least one
Pygmy Nuthatch in the scattered firs along Page Mill Rd. just southwest from the
gate, and a White-breasted Nuthatch a few yards from the gate itself. Very odd
to encounter both nuthatch species here on a single morning, especially as I'd
only encountered Red-breasted here before (last heard, through the fog, on the
morning of 8/25). These were species #121 and #122 for the pond and its
immediate surroundings since I started regular visits a couple of years ago (I
submit lists to ebird for most of my visits here, which makes it easy to track
such things.)
Cheers,
Garth Harwood
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