[SBB] Cliff swallows at Shoreline (Susie Hons)

[susan hons <[[email protected]]>]

Saw my first swallows of the season flying over the water at Terminal  
Road by Shoreline Park.
They were just bugging, not "muddding".

	
On Feb 17, 2007, at 9:00 AM, [[email protected]]  
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>    1. Stevens Creek north of Hwy 101 (Mike Rogers)
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>    3. Varied Thrush in Pacifica (mary keitelman)
>    4. No. Rough winged Swallows 2-16-07 (Janna Pauser)
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>    7. Re: Varied Thrush in Pacifica (Allan Wofchuck)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:21:01 +0000
> From: [[email protected]] (Mike Rogers)
> Subject: [SBB] Stevens Creek north of Hwy 101
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> All,
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> This morning 2/16/07, I birded Stevens Creek from south of  
> L'Avenida to the Crittenden Lane bridge. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH  
> (the whiter bird) continues along the creek, providing nice looks  
> from the west bank where the many high tension power lines cross  
> the creek.
>
> Other birds of interest included an immature GREEN HERON, 5 GREEN- 
> WINGED TEAL, the continuing immature male CINNAMON TEAL (first seen  
> 16 Jan), 5 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD  
> gathering nest material, 5 BEWICK'S WRENS, the continuing first- 
> winter male SPOTTED TOWHEE (previously seen 30 Oct 2006 and 18 Dec  
> 2006), 2 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and 2 female-plumaged PURPLE FINCHES  
> eating buds.
>
> GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS outnumbered WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS 48+ to 7.
>
> Mike Rogers
> Sunnyvale
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:52:26 -0800
> From: "Tom Grey" <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Stevens Creek Park, Varied Thrush
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> For anyone who hasn't yet seen VARIED THRUSH this winter when  
> they've been
> so plentiful, early at Stevens Creek Park worked for me this  
> morning  --
> several foraging on the ground both at the Ranger Station and at  
> Lakeshore
> Picnic Area. This time I was able to get photographs.
>
> Fellow photographers note (what you already know if you've tried  
> for these
> elusive characters) -- they rarely get out in the sun, and don't  
> let you
> get close.  I was shooting with 700mm wideopen at ISO 800, and all my
> images required at least a 50% crop.
>
> Tom Grey
> http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/latest
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:08:06 +0000
> From: "mary keitelman" <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Varied Thrush in Pacifica
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> Just a comment since I hear the Varied Thrushes are appearing in
> new/different areas this year.  We had a female Varied Thrush in  
> Pacifica
> for two or three days. It sheltered from the rain under bushes and  
> trees,
> and foraged for insects.  This is a new bird for this yard.
>
> Mary Keitelman
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:32:02 -0800
> From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] No. Rough winged Swallows 2-16-07
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> Three No. Rough winged Swallows were flying up and down the Guadalupe
> River channel this afternoon.
>
> Anyone wanting to see Varied Thrush should drive down Casa Loma Rd.  
> off
> McKean in the south county. They are the most numerous bird in the  
> area.
> Also check around the Open Space parking lot at the end of the road. I
> found a White throated Sparrow near the trail gate yesterday at 11 am.
> It's long, loud seep call got my attention. A few Dark eyed Juncos  
> were
> nearby but it seemed to stay by itself. It could very well be the same
> bird I saw months ago half a mile away.
>
> Janna Pauser  Almaden Valley
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:28:31 -0800 (PST)
> From: Hugh McDevitt <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Golden Eagles
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> This afternoon from the window of my office at the IBM Almaden  
> Research Center, I saw a pair of Golden Eagles.   One flew from a  
> tree relatively close to my office to Harry Road access the ravine  
> from my office, and then was joined by a second eagle.   Both  
> retired to an oak tree on the hill on the opposite side of Harry  
> Road.   I also saw a Say's Phoebe on my lunch walk down the hill.
>
> Hugh McDevitt
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:35:01 EST
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> Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin Co Park
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> All,
>
> This morning Frank Vanslager and I had a GREAT-HORNED OWL in a  
> Eucalyptus
> tree on the along the boundary between Spring Valley Golf Course  
> with Ed Levin
> Co Park.  A WILD TURKEY in the southern portion of Ed Levin was a   
> county year
> bird for both of us, seems hard to believe.  Just in  case Dave  
> Weber hasn't
> had a chance to check lately the male YELLOW-BELLIED  SAPSUCKER was  
> in the
> Tamarisks along Calaveras Rd and the southern portion  of Ed Levin  
> Co Park.  When
> last seen it flew across Calaveras Rd to a large  Oak on the north  
> side of
> the road east of the school.  Our last bird  of note was a GLAUCOUS  
> GULL on the
> third island in Salt Pond A16.
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> Take care,
> Bob Reiling
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:47:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: Allan Wofchuck <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: Re: [SBB] Varied Thrush in Pacifica
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>    Today
>     i went to sawyer creek trail in Crystal springs
>    I saw  4  Varied  Thrushes  along the trail
>   I started  at the san mateo entrance and saw the birds about a  
> mile to 11/2 miles in
>   Allan Wofchuck
>   redwood city ,calif
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> mary keitelman <[[email protected]]> wrote:
>   Just a comment since I hear the Varied Thrushes are appearing in
> new/different areas this year. We had a female Varied Thrush in  
> Pacifica
> for two or three days. It sheltered from the rain under bushes and  
> trees,
> and foraged for insects. This is a new bird for this yard.
>
> Mary Keitelman
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