Re: [SBB] Rufous Hummingbird at Fremont-Older OSP

["Peggy Don" <[[email protected]]>]

Saturday morning, 03/11/06, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was still present in 
Fremont Older OSP in the area described by Roland.

Peggy Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]>
To: "south bay birds" <[[email protected]]>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:39 PM
Subject: [SBB] Rufous Hummingbird at Fremont-Older OSP


> This morning Pat Kenny and I walked into Fremont-Older OSP from the 
> Prospect
> Road entrance and saw at least two selasphorus hummingbirds, one an adult
> male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD.  From the parking area, if one walks up the road
> about .3 miles there are elaborate rock terraces on the steep uphill side.
> Downhill are a few bottle brush shrubs, a very large eucalyptus tree that 
> is
> now in bloom, and oaks.  We saw the Rufous Hummingbird repeatedly on 
> several
> perches in these oaks, often below us, with a few full back views.  The 
> bird
> was all rufous on its back.
>
> Otherwise the walk was most notable for what we did not see: the swallows
> and bluebirds that animate the grassy hillsides during the summer are not
> there yet.  We did hear a few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs.
>
> Roland Kenner
>
>
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