Re: [SBB] [pen-bird] Re: Indigo Bunting at Skyline Ridge

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

At 04:23 PM 7/1/2007, Al Eisner wrote:

>On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Matthew Dodder wrote:
>
> > Kelly and I visited Skyline Ridge this morning....
> >
> > On our way back to the cars, an unusual song caught our ears. It
> > sounded much like a Lazuli Bunting, but when we located the source it
> > turned out to be a spectacular male INDIGO BUNTING. We watched it for
> > about 10 minutes as it moved from bush to bush, singing loudly and
> > even while in flight. The bird was easily seen from the main parking
> > area but moved around considerably around the patch of coyote bushes.
>
>The Indigo Bunting was still present and singing today. To clarify the
>location: one enters Skyline Ridge OSP from Skyline Blvd. about a mile
>southeast of Page Mill Road. There are three parking lots. The proper
>one is the farthest one to the northeast, that is, drive back paralleling
>Skyline Blvd. As Maatthew noted, the bird moves around quite a bit.
>While the entrance road here, Horseshow Pond and the Ridge Trail are
>in San Mateo County, if the NGS topo map is to be believed the county
>line is at the edge of the parking lot. Hence the bird was dividing its
>time between Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. In particular, the hill
>past the lot to the northwest is apparently Santa Clara. (Maybe Bill and
>other county-line experts will want to comment.)

It looks to me like the county line crosses the hillside northwest of 
the most northwest parking lot, just at the treeline.  The trail, as 
I recall, moseys up from the parking lot completely within San Mateo 
County, but only as it approaches the height of land does it go into 
Santa Clara County.  Only observers can comment on which county they 
have seen this bird (or for that matter, the Sage Sparrows).  This is 
a tricky problem unless you always carry you pocket GPS.


Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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