[EBB Sightings] Western Kingbird eating Painted Ladies

This morning I lead a birding walk along the mitigated hills sided of The
City of Pleasanton Callippe Golf Course in Alameda County.
There are several pair of Western Kingbird along the two mile fence line
that were gorging themselves with Painted Ladies and i think California
Tortoiseshell Butterflies.
The golf course is named after the Callippe Fritillary Butterfly, which
lives on the mitigated lands. 
Also seen, Golden Eagle, several Red Tailed Hawks, nine (!) White-breasted
Nuthatch's, six Bullocks Orioles ( two females already), one Yellow-billed
Magpie.

Richard Cimino
rscimino at earthlink.net
Da Pacem Cordium


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Bridges 
> To: 
> Date: 3/28/2009 8:08:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [SBB] [OT] Painted Ladies
> Thanks for the heads up, all. 
> I noticed the PL butterflies heading north past my Sunnyvale office,
after the emails pointed it out.  I would estimate 100 per minute coursing
across the Macy's parking lot, though they do seem to prefer going *over*
buildings than around them, so the traffic at street level (Murphy Ave.)
was much less.  And later in the day the rate seemed to die down somewhat.
> Paul B. 
> ________________________________
> From: Allan Wofchuck 
> To: Ruth Troetschler ; snoyowl at yahoo.com;
south-bay-birds at yahoogroups.com; mary keitelman 
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:01:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies
> Tonight
>  
>   i saw  about  50   butterflies in my back yard
> They were in  a Japanese  maple and my neigbors Redwood tree 
>  
> allan wofchuck
>  
>  
>  
> I live in Redwood City
> Allan Wofchuck
> ajmtwof at pacbell. net
> --- On Fri, 3/27/09, mary keitelman  wrote:
> From: mary keitelman 
> Subject: RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies
> To: "Ruth Troetschler" , snoyowl at yahoo. com,
south-bay-birds at  yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 8:15 PM
> We saw many many many Painted Ladies in the California Poppy Reserve and
there
> was always one or two anywhere we went in Death Valley last week, March
18 -
> March 21. They seemed to stop to feed in Reserve, but did not notice that
> behavior in DV.
> Mary Keitelman
> To: snoyowl at yahoo. com; south-bay-birds at  yahoogroups. com
> From: rebugging at batnet. com
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:08:53 -0700
> Subject: Re: [SBB] Painted Ladies
> I am seeing several each minute in my home in Los Altos.  All going
> north, and none stopping to feed.
> Ruth Troetschler
> At 7:09 PM -0700 3/27/09, Jack Cole wrote:
> The butterfly kind, moving north through California. Not like the 
> invasion of several years ago, but still pretty impressive. I counted 
> 16 at one traffic light yesterday. I'm in So. Cal now, and they are 
> still coming through here. A few didn't make it because they lost a 
> battle with my windshield on I-5. Observe and enjoy!
> Jack Cole
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