[SBB] Some spring birds at Mt Umunhum

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This morning (Tues, 5/9) I hiked around Mt Umunhum for awhile and found a few spring migrants.

 

A singing WARBLING VIREO was in the dense foliage by the locked gate where the small parking area is located.  Continuing my walk up Mt Umunhum Road past the gate a male WESTERN TANAGER was in a gray pine by the road and a calling ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was in the chaparral shrubbery close to the road.  About 300' down the Barlow Road trail a pair of interacting BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS was seen with one of the gnatcatchers carrying nesting material.

 

Birds of interest along the Bald Mountain Trail included an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER on a snag down slope from the trail, a male LAZULI BUNTING in the chaparral brush, a calling COMMON RAVEN flying over, and another BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER.

 

A WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE was seen along Mt Umunhum Road on my drive back down the hill.

 

After the cold early spring Yerba Santa is finally blooming and Chalcedon Checkerspot butterflies are now beginning to emerge.  Also of interest were two hill-topping Anise Swallowtails at the summit of the Bald Mountain Trail.

 

A nice walk -

 

Ann Verdi

San Jose

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