[SBB] Stevens Creek north of Highway 101 - 10/6/06

[Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]>]

All,

I birded Stevens Creek north of Highway 101 before coming into work this 
morning 10/6/06. I arrived at the parula spot at 7:50am, just in time to 
find out from Peggy Don that I had just missed the NORTHERN PARULA by a 
few minutes. The hatching-year female BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that 
it had been hanging around with was still present though, although it 
flew to the north a few minutes later. I later refound what was probably 
the same Black-throated Gray Warbler in the cottonwoods at the northwest 
corner of the Moffett housing complex (where the concrete fence ends) 
with a large flock of insectivores.

Late-season migrants are increasing in number, with 3 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 
6+ RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 11 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and 8 HERMIT 
THRUSHES found today. Other migrants included 7 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS (2 
PACIFIC-SLOPE by call), 2 HOUSE WRENS (same birds north of the lone 
eucalyptus and near the Crittenden Lane bridge), 1 ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLER, 5 YELLOW WARBLERS, and 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. Two adult male 
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were unexpected along the creek this late in the 
year. The pair of ORANGE BISHOPS was slightly further north than before, 
about halfway between the lone eucalyptus and the Crittenden Lane 
bridge. Two GREATER YELLOWLEGS were flying around much of the time I was 
there - they were foraging at the end of L'Avenida when I left.

An AMERICAN CROW with a broad willet-like white wing bar was along 
L'Avenida. This bird was similar to those in several of the photos 
mentioned in web posts made in response to Al Jaramillo's hatch-year 
WESTERN GULL with a similar white stripe/pigment fault.

Mike Rogers
Sunnyvale


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