Re: [SBB] Yellow warbler

[susan hons <[[email protected]]>]

Saw one yellow warbler (and heard it) today in Edgewood Park.
Susie Hons
On Mar 18, 2007, at 9:00 AM, [[email protected]]  
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>    1. Another Pacific Slope Flycatcher (Hugh McDevitt)
>    2. Warbling Vireo, Bullocks Oriole (Janna Pauser)
>    3. Ogier Ponds/Calero Reservoir 03-17-07 (Matthew Dodder)
>    4. Charleston Road Marsh ([[email protected]])
>    5. Ed Levin (Jim Thomas)
>    6. Finch eye disease--common? (CandiceBasham)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:28:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Hugh McDevitt <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Another Pacific Slope Flycatcher
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> I thought maybe my ears had been playing tricks on me when I  
> reported hearing a Pacific Slope Flycatcher Wednesday morning as I  
> didn't hear any more calls on three subsequent walks by the same  
> spot.  However, this morning, my wife and I were out running closer  
> to home and I heard two flycatcher calls in the creek area close to  
> our house.
>
> Hugh McDevitt
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> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:55:31 -0700
> From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Warbling Vireo, Bullocks Oriole
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> I found Hugh McDevitt's Pacific Slope Flycatcher at Camden and  
> Harry Rd.
> around noon today. I found PSFL nesting in this general area last  
> year.
>
> I birded along the Calero Creek trail finding No. Rough Winged, Violet
> Green and a Barn Swallow pair. Half a dozen Western Bluebirds, Lark
> Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and a  Belted Kingfisher were also seen. Near  
> the
> bridge going up the road to IBM Research I distinctly heard the lively
> call of a Bullocks Oriole. I did not see this bird. A few Meadowlarks
> and small flock of Cedar Waxwings flew over. Several Wrentits called
> from the chaparral hillside.
>
> Walking along the Alamitos Creek trail near Leland H.S. I saw my FOS
> Warbling Vireo in the treetops. Another was heard only further north.
> Several Hermit Thrush, a Downy Woodpecker and Common Merganser pair  
> were
> also seen.
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> My backyard Hooded Oriole has been visiting its feeder today.
>
> Janna Pauser  Almaden Valley
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:09:58 -0800
> From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Ogier Ponds/Calero Reservoir 03-17-07
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> All,
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> I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Ogier Ponds today.
> HIghlights were a pair of WOOD DUCK, two COMMON MERGANSERS, GREATER
> and LESSER SCAUP, two WESTERN KINGBIRDS, many nesting TREE SWALLOWS,
> a few nesting NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS. There were also a male
> BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in a large sycamore along the entrance road 2-3
> LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were found in the underbrush by the creek, and a
> single LARK SPARROW showed up on the model airplane runway.  We also
> had nesting RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS as we walked down the paved trail
> toward the underpass.
>
> We then caravanned to Calero Reservoir where we rounded out our
> Swallows collection a bit with BARN and CLIFF SWALLOWS. On the
> reservoir we found more COMMON MERGANSERS, a small group of COMMON
> GOLDENEYE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and an Aleutian CACKLING
> GOOSE. As we returned to our cars, we also found a pair of CALIFORNIA
> THRASHERS, heard (but did not see) a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. A female
> MERLIN made a brief appearance over the hills, as did a GOLDEN EAGLE.
>
> Matthew Dodder
> http://www.birdguy.net
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> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:32:03 EDT
> From: [[email protected]]
> Subject: [SBB] Charleston Road Marsh
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> I birded the Charleston Road Marsh in Mountain View both yesterday  
> and today,
> and saw a Wilson's Snipe there each day.   Yesterday, I also found  
> four
> female Hooded Mergansers at the Shoreline Blvd. end of the marsh.
> Dotty Calabrese
> Mountain View
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> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:33:36 -0700
> From: Jim Thomas <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin
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> I spent this morning around Ed Levin County Park. A RUFUS-CROWNED
> SPARROW perched on a post right along the trail about half way between
> the swinging cattle gate and the Sycamores up behind the dog park,  
> and a
> LINCOLN'S SPARROW was in the same area, both around 11:30. Earlier,
> evoking Noah, two VARIED THRUSH were feeding on the golf course, two
> VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW perched on a wire, and a male and female AMERICAN
> KESTREL were together in a tree, near the Elm parking lot off Downing
> Road. A brief stop at the Tamaracks early in the afternoon found a
> RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, but no Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
>
> -Jim Thomas
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:16:59 -0700
> From: CandiceBasham <[[email protected]]>
> Subject: [SBB] Finch eye disease--common?
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> I saw a house finch at my feeder several times today with what looked
> like a tumor growing from its crop  and an encrusted, completely
> closed eye. The other eye looks almost normal.  This bird probably
> has  Finch eye disease, although I'm not sure about the "tumor." I
> believe the protocol is to remove my feeder (I have one large
> squirrel-proof feeder) so that other birds won't be infected, and if
> I could capture the sick finch, have it humanely euthanized.
>
>   I did sterilize the feeder (I believe that the Cornell site said to
> remove the feeder if more than one infected bird is sited), but I
> think I should remove the feeder tomorrow morning for a week or so.
> The only birds at the feeder other than House Finches and Sparrows
> are Chestnut-backed Chickadees. White-crowned sparrows and a few
> Mourning Doves sweep up scattered seed.
>
> Is Finch eye disease common here now? I knew that it was prevalent in
> the East Coast and moved westward but that our finches are hardier
> since they come from a more diverse gene pool.
>
> Thanks,
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> Candice
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