[EBB Sightings] E-Day and the 7-Warbler tree

All,

I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding group to Mitchell Canyon on  
Saturday, 04-22-06. The birding was great, even without the Cassin's  
Finch that was reported a day earlier. Highlights were a  
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER about 200 yards up the trail from the parking  
lot. With effort we were all able to see the bird as it popped in and  
out of the underbrush beside the creek. HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER was in  
this area as well as well as PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, allowing for  
nice comparisons. In the distance we could hear ASH-THROATED  
FLYCATCHER, but it was never seen.

OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen high on the ridge in the area  
immediately after the trail opens up where the creek crosses the  
trail. Farther up the main trail we encountered CASSIN'S VIREO, BLACK- 
HEADED GROSBEAK and another HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER. Farther still,  
about a mile from The Olive-sided, we located WESTERN TANGER and a  
single small tree that had seven species of Warbler. ORANGE-CROWNED,  
TOWNSEND'S, WILSON'S, YELLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED, HERMIT, and NASHVILLE  
were all foraging together! It was quite a site. The area was on the  
right side of the trail as we climbed and was surrounded by chaparral  
that we originally thought might be good for Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

Perhaps even odder than this was a flock of about 30 AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICANS that passed overhead a moment later.

Back at the main lot, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER rounded up the list  
for a total of 9 Warbler species.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

American White Pelican
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter species
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Wild Turkey
California Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Violet-green Swallow
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
European Starling
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Fox Sparrow (heard)
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

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