[EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park today

Today I mtn-biked up Mitchell Canyon, and observed the Pacific slope 
Flycatcher that was heard yesterday.  I also spotted a Spotted Towhee, a 
Western Bluebird and a pair of titmice constructing a nest (also, for the 
first time I heard a Junco singing).  And, since I am also a "butterfly 
person", I counted 10 species of butterflies (I can list them upon request).

Bob Hislop
Walnut Creek
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Harvey" 
To: "sightings" 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:21 PM
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park today


> This morning I arrived at about 9 AM at Mitchell Canyon.  A group birding
> with Bob Stewart was meeting in the parking lot, but I went on by myself.
> It was cold and breezy.  I didn't hear too much and so walked farther than 
> I
> had actually expected.
> Near the junction of the main fire road and Red Rock Road, was a fussing
> Bewick's Wren on the creek side.  Up Red Rock Road and near the junction
> with the Globe Lily Trail, I heard Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and saw an
> Orange-crowned Warbler with very fine grass in its bill.  It was very busy
> popping around in the first thicket on the right of the Globe Lily Trail.
> Partway out this trail, I found a very nice stand of the dark blue 
> Larkspurs
> along the uphill side.  This is about where I started my return, as I was 
> to
> meet my dad downtown just after noon.
> Somewhere along the way back I heard a singing Pacific-slope Flycatcher. 
> It
> was a little warmer at 10:30.
> The grass is growing tall, but the flowers are very nice.
> Hugh B. Harvey
> Walnut Creek
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