[SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List Feb 2006

["Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]>]

Title: S.C. Co. Bird List Feb 2006

Bill Bousman writes:

The composite list as of the end of February is 200, which is 3 birds behind our February average of recent years.  Normally we pick up 9 new birds in February, but this month we only found 8 (but last year we had only 4!).

A CLIFF SWALLOW on 17 Feb was our only 1.  These birds often arrive in late February and sometimes early March, but this is a fairly early record.

For the 2s, we had a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER on 8 Feb and a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW on 10 Feb.  The Blue-gray was found along Coyote Creek below Hwy 237 near the CCFS banding trailer and likely wintered there.

One of the 3s, a PRAIRIE FALCON was found along Marsh Road near the Calaveras Reservoir on 4 Feb.  Two GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were near the CCFS banding trailer on 10 Feb.  A WESTERN TANAGER was heard at Stanford on 13 Feb and was likely wintering.

A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD seen in a Cupertino yard on 18 Feb was one of our two 4s.  The other was a SNOW GOOSE found at Shoreline Park on 2/21.

The early spring arrivals come in March and we expect to find 13 species for the month.  We'll see how well we do, once the weather starts to warm up.

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The complete list can be found at:
South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU)
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/

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Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D.
927 Mears Court
Stanford, CA  94305-1041
(650) 493-7210
[[email protected]]
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/

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