[SBB] Pajaro river birds (pix)

[Tom Grey <[[email protected]]>]

I too was at Pajaro River / 101 early this morning, and as Bob says, it was
beautiful and birdy! The male BLUE GROSBEAK was moving around and singing a
lot between the 1/4 and the 1/2 signs on the east side of the tracks, and
was being followed by what I thought at the time was the adult female of
the pair -- both posed nicely for me. On examining my pictures I see no
trace of blue feathers in the rump of the fem/juv. I thought it was an
adult female from behavior (it looked like courting behavior to me -- going
for a second clutch?) but if no blue is diagnostic of juvenile, it's a
juvenile. Also pictures up of a (what I think is a) juvenile GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, and a Cal Quail and Ash-throated Flycatcher.
http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/latest

I have no confidence in my ability to separate female/immature BLACK-HEADED
and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, but I've posted three not very good pictures
of a bird I suspected of maybe being the RB, and one very distant one of
the bird Bob and Frank were on with their scopes and calling an RB, which I
assume indeed is one, as they are knowledgeable dudes.
http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/grosbeaks_pheucticus

Thanks to the nice folks who gave me directions so I could find this great
spot -- Kris Olson, David Suddjian, and Jean Myers.

Tom Grey


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