[SBB] Palo Alto baylands...

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

I went out sparrowwing at the baylands today (about 90 minutes ending  
at noon when I had to head to a job interview), intending to work the  
fennel again without quite the time constraint. As it turned out, the  
picnic area was quite busy and I spent most of my time in there.  
Highlights included two Common Yellowthroat males. a couple of  
california towhees, a chestnut-backed chickadee, a warbler that could  
have been Tom's orange-crowned warbler, but I didn't get a good  
enough look to be definitive, a northern mockingbird, one song  
sparrow, and any number of white-crowned, both youngsters and some  
with black stripes. Oh, and the fun bird of the day, a bewick's wren.

Out in the fennel it was quieter, but I did get great looks at a  
yellow-rumped and a yellow warbler, a probable female common  
yellowthroat, one more song sparrow (by sound) and a bunch more not- 
terribly-cooperative white-crowned. Lots of chipping and singing, not  
much popping into visibility (but I think I have white-crowned  
memorized now...).

Overall numbers: 1 each of the yellow-rumped and yellow and wren and  
mockingbird, at least two and possibly three individual male common  
yellowthroats, two song sparrows and at least 25 white-crowned  
individuals (at one point, I had five in one tree at the same time),  
although I really think the number was higher. And a fair number of  
little brown blobs I never got a good enough look at.


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Chuq Von Rospach
[[email protected]]
http://chuqui.typepad.com



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