[SBB] Northern Waterthrush and White-throated Sparrow

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All,

 

This morning, thanks to Bill Bousman, Frank Vanslager and I had great views of a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH as it fed along the eastern side of Stevens Creek upstream of Crittenden Lane, a HOUSE WREN was nearby.  Because of our good fortune we then went to the Mockingbird Hill entrance of Almaden Quicksilver Park and quickly re-located the tan-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, with a large flock of GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, in the first 100 yds of the Virl Norton trail.  VARIED THRUSH were heard calling nearby and a large flock of DARK-EYED JUNCOS were on the eastern edge of the parking lot.  Further up the trail we had a SPOTTED TOWHEE with so little white on it's back that I first identified it, when seen from above and behind, as an American Robin.  I assume that this must be a migrating Pacific Northwest sub-species?  The illustration in Sibley for this sub-species still shows more white than the bird had and it clearly wasn't an Eastern Towhee.  Many Varied Thrush were calling along the first mile of the trail.

 

Take care,

Bob Reiling

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