[SBB] Stevens Creek birding

[Barry Langdon-Lassagne <[[email protected]]>]

This morning Ginger and I birded the Stevens Creek area from  
7-9:30am. Stevens Creek reservoir had a pair of COMMON MERGANSERs. Up  
Stevens Creek we found an AMERICAN DIPPER gathering moss from a rock  
(nesting?). In the parking area just south of the intersection of  
Stevens Canyon Road and Mt. Eden Road we found TOWNSEND'S WARBLERs  
feeding in the oaks, and a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK calling from a  
sycamore on the north side of the road.

In the Villa Maria Picnic Area of Stevens Creek County Park we got  
excellent looks at a male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER in full  
alternate plumage (our vote for bird of the day!). We also saw a  
beautiful male WESTERN BLUEBIRD, and saw a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK flying  
above the creek. There was some rain, but not quite enough to send us  
back to the car.

In the Bay Tree Picnic Area we finally saw one of the WARBLING VIREOs  
we had been hearing all morning. There was a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK  
sitting in one of the trees there as well.

McClellan Ranch had a pair of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKs feeding in one  
of the feeders. A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was in the sycamores on the far  
side of the creek.

Total count for our morning birding: 56 species. Full list below.

6am heard from home (we later saw each of these):
	House Sparrow
	Lesser Goldfinch
	House Finch
	American Crow
6:30am Starbuck's parking lot
	American Robin
	Ring-billed Gull
	European Starling
	Mourning Dove
	Rock Pigeon
	Brown-headed Cowbird
	Nuttall's Woodpecker (heard only, but later seen in several places  
in Stevens Creek canyon)
	Northern Mockingbird
	Mallard
6:45am driving to Stevens Creek
	Western Scrub-Jay
	California Towhee
	Wrentit (heard, but later seen at Villa Maria Picnic Area)
7:00am Stevens Creek Reservoir
	Spotted Towhee
	Song Sparrow
	Black-crowned Night-Heron
	Common Merganser (pair)
	Barn Swallow
	Violet-green Swallow
	Dark-eyed Junco
	White-crowned Sparrow
7:15am south end of reservoir
	Orange-crowned Warbler
	Chestnut-backed Chickadee
	Downy Woodpecker (pair)
	Hairy Woodpecker (chasing the downies at one point)
	Steller's Jay
	Acorn Woodpecker
	Black Phoebe
	Golden-crowned Sparrow
	Anna's Hummingbird
	Common Raven
	Band-tailed Pigeon (flock flying over)
	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
	Hutton's Vireo
8:15am Stevens Canyon Road
	American Dipper
8:300am parking area near Eden Canyon Road
	Townsend's Warbler
	Black-headed Grosbeak
	(slender salamander)
9:00am Villa Maria Picnic Area
	Northern Flicker (heard)
	Western Bluebird
	Canada Goose
	Red-shouldered Hawk
	Double-crested Cormorant
	California Quail
	Black-throated Gray Warbler
	Bushtit
	Yellow-rumped Warbler
	selasphorous hummingbird sp.
9:20am Bay Tree Picnic Area
	Warbling Vireo
	Sharp-shinned Hawk
9:30am McClellan Ranch
	Turkey Vulture
	Bullock's Oriole
	Oak Titmouse
	Brewer's Blackbird

- Barry & Ginger -

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