Re: [SBB] Indian Creek Trail sparrows etc. 6/13/2007

[Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>]

     Garth Harwood wrote of some enticing sightings from June 13 along the 
Indian Creek Trail (ICT) in Montebello OSP.  I visited the area late-
morning June 17 -- unfortunately, I was unable to get there earlier,
and was only a bit hopeful of refinding his birds.  As it happened, I
did not duplicate his luck with the Sage Sparrows; I didn't detect any.
I walked up as far as marker 0.5 on the ICT, then retraced my steps back 
to the Canyon Trail and Page Mill Road.

     I had at least 6 singing Lazuli Buntings on this walk (2 seen).  A
Grasshopper Sparrow was still (as in Garth's report) singing from the
hilltop above Indian Creek marker 0.6.  I also heard a probable singing
Rufous-crowned Sparrow uphill from the hairpin turn, although it was
rather distant.  As I walked back down, somewhat disappointed, I had
almost reached the wide turn about 0.1 miles down from the hairpin when
I heard a Black-chinned Sparrow singing uphill.  It was not far off 
(surely below the upper section of trail I had traversed above the
hairpin), but the contour of the hill prevented me from seeing it.  It
sang only about 4 or 5 times, at 12:30 PM (!), but I didn't hear it
again (or when I had been up higher).  I think this was lower down than
previous reports I can recall.

     Other species found on the walk:  Ash-throated Flycather, California
Thrasher, and Black-throated Gray Warbler (male and female in separate
locations).  And the weather was just right, with a breeze keeping things
fairly comfortable.
 								Al Eisner




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