[SBB] Pajaro River birds

["Steve and Heather Rottenborn" <[[email protected]]>]

This morning (23 June) I birded the Santa Clara County side of the Pajaro 
River from Highway 101 downstream for approximately 2 miles (along the 
railroad tracks).  Highlights were as follows:

Blue Grosbeak: 3 adults, 2 juveniles; a singing male accompanied a female as 
she repeatedly made long foraging trips out into the fields northwest of the 
railroad tracks, returning to feed two recently fledged young in a small 
clearing within the riparian corridor about 1/4-mile downstream from the 101 
bridge.  The male never fed the young.  A second adult (actually, SY) male 
was approximately 300 m farther south along the railroad tracks.

Grasshopper Sparrow: 19 singing males, plus several silent adults and 15-20 
recently fledged juveniles.  Actual numbers of silent adults and juveniles 
were difficult to tally, as most were in a single 150-m length of fence, 
where up to 20 Grasshopper Sparrows at a time, mostly juveniles but 
including some adults feeding young, were perched.

Hairy Woodpecker: 3
Warbling Vireo: 8 singing males
Brown Creeper: 1 singing male
Swainson's Thrush: 15 singing males
Yellow Warbler: 12 singing males
Wilson's Warbler: 1 silent male
Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 singing male
Lark Sparrow: 3 adults, one feeding 2 recently fledged young
Lazuli Bunting: 8 singing males, 4 females (2 carrying food for young)
Purple Finch: 2 singing males
Lawrence's Goldfinch: 3 flyovers

Good birding,

Steve Rottenborn
Morgan Hill, CA




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