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[SBB] MB05 today 10/15/2007: Varied Thrushes arrive in force



Hello All,
 
At least 36 southbound Varied Thrushes passed over me between 8 and 9 AM today, 10/15/2007, as I descended from Page Mill Rd. to the little pond below Monte Bello Preserve's Gate 5. They were the first I'd seen this fall.
 
Also present were 2 Lawrence's Goldfinches (not present much lately), 2 Soras, a Wilson's Snipe which has been around for a few weeks now, and a Townsend's Warbler.
 
As an out-of-area aside, I spent the weekend just past at Tamarack Flat campground in Yosemite Park. It's getting chilly up there! Some members of my group had a close encounter with a Great Gray Owl day-hunting at 11AM on 10/13. I missed the bird myself, when I was able to check the spot at the same time the following day, but who knows? It could still be around. It was seen both flying and sitting on the ground in a large meadow right across from the Yosemite Institute parking area, which is a couple of miles up Tioga Road just after it branches off from Hwy 120. My own best bird up there was a flock of 7 Evening Grosbeaks.
 
--Garth Harwood
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