[EBB Sightings] Looking for recommendations on Mines Road inLivermore

[EBB Sightings] Looking for recommendations on Mines Road inLivermore

Idell Weydemeyer
Tue Mar 31 09:53:39 PDT 2009
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    Wow--thank you so much, Joe for taking the time to share this with everyone.
    I too had wanted to go along Mines Road (great for wildflowers too) but
    heard how difficult it was to stop along the road so one really had to have
    a good idea of what they were doing. 
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com
    [mailto:sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Morlan
    Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:15 PM
    To: Thrush
    Cc: 'EBB'
    Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Looking for recommendations on Mines Road
    inLivermore
    
    On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:43:16 -0700, "Thrush" 
    wrote:
    
    >Can anyone give me an idea where to look along Mines Road? 
    
    >From Art Edwards: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/ala1.htm
    
    Best stopping places, with adequate parking, and some of the most
    sought-after birds possible there, especially in spring (mid-April through
    early May). MP stands for milepost, and is the number of miles from Tesla
    Avenue.
    
    MP  0.3 - 0.4   Murrieta's Well.  Small bridge and edges of creek.
    Green Heron, Wood Duck, Wild Turkey, Cassin's Kingbird, flycatchers,
    vireos, Yellow-billed Magpie, warblers, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP  0.7 - 1.09  House, big Sycamore trees.
    Vaux's Swift, Cassin's Kingbird, Yellow-billed Magpie, Yellow-breasted
    Chat.
    
    MP  1.6 - 1.8   House, pecan grove, pumping station, streamside. 
    Red-tailed Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Rufous Hummingbird, Nuttall's
    Woodpecker, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock's
    Oriole.
    
    MP  3.8 - 4.22  Take left fork at Del Valle Road, to homes, barn, big oaks.
    Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Phainopepla, warblers,
    Bullock's Oriole, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP  4.7 - 4.8   Houses, barn, bridge, creek.
    Golden Eagle, Phainopepla, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak,
    Bullock's Oriole.
    
    MP  5.5 - 5.8   Sharp bend in road, steep hillsides, chapparal.
    Greater Roadrunner, Calliope Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Ash-throated
    Flycatcher, California Thrasher, Wrentit, Phainopepla, MacGillivray's
    Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Rufous-crowned Sparrow,
    Bullock's Oriole.
    
    MP  5.99- 6.55  Corral and old bathtub down hill, chapparal.
    Common Poorwill, Greater Roadrunner, Western Tanager, California Thrasher,
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Lazuli Bunting, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Lawrence's
    Goldfinch.
    
    MP 12.58-12.75  Driveways, old water tub with piped-in water.
    Vireos, California Thrasher, Phainopepla, warblers, sparrows, Lawrence's
    Goldfinch.
    
    MP 13.4 -13.6   Houses, streamside.
    Canyon Wren,, Phainopepla, MacGillivray's Warbler, Western Tanager,
    Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock's Oriole, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP 13.8 -14.2   Streamside, willows, cottonwoods.
    Woodpeckers, flycatchers, vireos, Phainopepla, Nashville Warbler, other
    warblers, Yellow-breasted Chat, Lazuli Bunting, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP 17.1 -17.4   Meadows, corral.
    Rock Wren, Chipping Sparrow, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP 18.2 -18.6   Meadows, Taraville Creek.
    Golden Eagle, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren,, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    MP 20.0         Santa Clara County Line.  Mines Road becomes San Antonio
    Road.
    N. Pygmy Owl, Lawrence's Goldfinch.
    
    
    
    -- 
    Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA        jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu 
    SF Birding Classes start Mar 24    http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/
    California Bird Records Committee  http://www.californiabirds.org/
    Western Field Ornithologists
    http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/
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