[SBB] Rancho San Antonio Thanksgiving Day Birds

["Karen DeMello" <[[email protected]]>]

Early this morning I went to Rancho San Antonio for a short hike where I experienced:

• a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK calling from afar and then flying overhead
• a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET chattering and flashing its brilliant ruby crown repeatedly!
  
• a SPOTTED TOWHEE scratching through the dirt and leaves
• a CALIFORNIA TOWHEE stuttering through its metallic "chink" call and then flying over the trail
  
• a WHITE-TAILED KITE nearly still in the sky with its white tail backlit and looking so delicate amidst the early morning light
  
• a COOPERS HAWK perching in a bare tree with an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD perched above
• a CALIFORNIA THRASHER sitting in clear view on a wire, singing its heart out for over 5 minutes, a highlight of the morning!
  
• a flock of HOUSE FINCHES flew into a small tree for a minute, then flew off
• a WESTERN MEADOWLARK perching at the pinacle of the highest conifer
• a WESTERN SCRUB JAY perching atop the second highest conifer
  
• a BLACK PHOEBE perching on the corner of a fence, flycatching from time to time
• an AMERICAN KESTREL perching atop a utility pole took off, pursuing a small bird which got away
• a flock of CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES foraging throughout a group of trees
• an ACORN WOODPECKER pecking away low on a granary snag
• a NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER singing its trill in the forest
• a MORNING DOVE sitting next to EURASIAN STARLINGS on a wire
• a STELLER'S JAY with its distinguished silhouette perched in a conifer
  
• a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW looking east, with the sunlight illuminating its white crown
• a small group of WILD TURKEYS crossing the trail, though most of the turkeys seemed to be in hiding today (hmmm....)
  

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving,
Karen DeMello
Mountain View
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