Re: [SBB] South-Bay-Birds Digest, Vol 3, Issue 159

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Today's Topics:

   1. Black Swifts 5/14/2007 (Garth Harwood)
   2. Charleston Road Marsh 5/14/07 ( [[email protected]])
   3. Screech Owl pic (Tom Grey)
   4. Re: Black Swifts - Sierra Azul OSP (Brent Campos)
   5. White-throated Swifts in downtown Palo Alto (Kris Olson)
   6. Re: Black Swifts - Sierra Azul OSP (Richard Cimino)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:49:16 -0700
From: "Garth Harwood" < [[email protected]]>
Subject: [SBB] Black Swifts 5/14/2007
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Hello All,

This morning 5/14/2007 at 8:50 AM, a pair of Black Swifts sailed over Monte Bello OSP and northwestwards into San Mateo County. I almost wasted the moment, thinking they were Vaux's at first glance, but then I noticed their peculiarly slow wingbeats, paired with long, lazy-looking glides, so I took a careful look at their thicker wings and their long tails which they sometimes fanned as they flew. They had an overall dark appearance from below as well, as opposed to the paler Vaux's. About five minutes later, two more came over the clearing I was in. I could only see about half of the sky at that point, so who knows how many may actually have passed over?

At the MB05 pond, things were pretty quiet. There was a Green Heron early, and I could hear the resident Red-breasted Nuthatch in the pine grove to the west. At least 3 Lazuli Buntings could be heard in different quadrants.

A pair of Ring-necked Ducks persists at the pond. The female of this pair is easily recognizable as she has a lot of white feathering on the head, especially in the cheeks. Otherwise, I'd have thought it was the same pair that has been hanging around for many weeks now, but a couple of weeks ago I saw TWO pair there, the leucistic female being part of the newcomer pair, and since then only the new pair has been around.

Red-winged Blackbirds were carrying food there this morning, and the resident American Coots had a batch of 6 tiny precocial young as of 5/11, but only 4 were accounted for this morning. I hope the others haven't become heron food!

Garth Harwood
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:20:48 EDT
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Subject: [SBB] Charleston Road Marsh 5/14/07
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At about 11:00 this morning, I saw a female Black-Headed Grosbeak at the
Charleston Road Marsh in Mountain View.   Other highlights were a Green Heron, a
male Belted Kningfisher catching and eating a fish, and a Muskrat eating shoots
in the marsh and preening in plain view.
Dotty Calabrese
Mountain View

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:12:07 -0700
From: Tom Grey < [[email protected]]>
Subject: [SBB] Screech Owl pic
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The WESTERN SCREECH-OWL posed for me in his spot at Rancho San Antonio this
morning at 9. The area between the main parking lot and the owl tree had 2
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, 2 ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS, 3 WARBLING VIREOS, all
singing, but no pix. I did get pictures of a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a
WHITE-TAILED KITE in the area.

http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/latest

Tom Grey

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:20:48 -0500
From: "Brent Campos" <[[email protected]]>
Subject: Re: [SBB] Black Swifts - Sierra Azul OSP
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I hiked a section of the Kennedy Trail in the Sierra Azul OSP this evening.
The usual suite of birds were quite vocal and visible. Notable
species included Black-throated Gray Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Olive-sided
Flycatcher, a fly-over Band-tailed Pidgeon, Lazuli Bunting, Warbling Vireo,
Western Wood-pewee, California Thrasher, and Violet-green Swallow. The
highlight of the trip: Where the Kennedy Trail meets the Priest Rock Trail,
four BLACK SWIFTS fly directly over and to the west of me, northwest along
the ridgeline at 18:47. I got an eight second glimpse at three of the birds,
and a two second glimpse at one of the them. The size, wing and tail shapes,
color, and flight pattern all matched this species. After looking over the
county listserves tonight, there seems to have been a push of Black Swifts
across this general latitude in California today.

Sweet birding,
Brent Campos
San Jose
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 23:18:04 -0700
From: "Kris Olson" < [[email protected]]>
Subject: [SBB] White-throated Swifts in downtown Palo Alto
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Hmm, well not as exciting as Black Swifts, but still fun during breeding
season. I saw at least 3 White-throated Swifts today along Hamilton Ave,
across from the old Caf? Verona, circling around their nest sites under the
tile eves of the hotel across the street. (I now forget the intersection.)
Cardinal Hotel? When they don't have young, you only see them in the AM and
PM. They were out around 9-10AM today.

Kris Olson, Menlo Park

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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 07:16:21 -0700
From: "Richard Cimino" <[[email protected]]>
Subject: Re: [SBB] Black Swifts - Sierra Azul OSP
To: "Brent Campos" < [[email protected]]>,
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Interesting enough is that the Utah State Rare Bird box is reporting the first Black Tern arrivals in Box Alder County, Utah go;
200 Black Terns arrive May 12th.
Rich Cimino
Pleasanton ABA 94566

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From: Brent Campos
To: [[email protected]]
Sent: 5/14/2007 10:25:35 PM
Subject: Re: [SBB] Black Swifts - Sierra Azul OSP

I hiked a section of the Kennedy Trail in the Sierra Azul OSP this evening. The usual suite of birds were quite vocal and visible. Notable species included Black-throated Gray Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, a fly-over Band-tailed Pidgeon, Lazuli Bunting, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-pewee, California Thrasher, and Violet-green Swallow. The highlight of the trip: Where the Kennedy Trail meets the Priest Rock Trail, four BLACK SWIFTS fly directly over and to the west of me, northwest along the ridgeline at 18:47. I got an eight second glimpse at three of the birds, and a two second glimpse at one of the them. The size, wing and tail shapes, color, and flight pattern all matched this species. After looking over the county listserves tonight, there seems to have been a push of Black Swifts across this general latitude in California today.

Sweet birding,
Brent Campos
San Jose
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