[EBB Sightings] Golden-crowned Sparrows <08AB861C6D9247EFB99D20EE2F784256@johan>

I spotted a group of maybe 4-6 Golden-crowned Sparrows in Briones Park 
yesterday while mtn-biking.  Later on, I encountered a flock of Meadow Larks 
on a very green hillside (some were rewarding me with their characteristic 
mating song).

--Bob Hislop
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To: "EBBC" 
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Golden-crowned Sparrows


> Here in the Oakland hills I have Golden-crowned Sparrows until the end of
> April, rarely in May.  I'm not unhappy to see them go, so my plants can 
> grow
> without being eaten.
> Johan Langewis
> Oakland
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Glover" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:53 AM
> Subject: [EBB Sightings] Golden-crowned Sparrows
>>
>> Hi all,
>> It isn't at all unusual for Golden-crowned Sparrows to be present in the
>> Bay Area in late March. I get a couple of them on Big Days in Contra 
>> Costa
>> every year during the last week of April and occasional birds may even
>> linger into early May. Perhaps feeder birds that spend the winter
>> disappear earlier and the birds I see in late April are moving north, I
>> don't know, but at any rate the presence of wintering birds in late March
>> is typical.
>> As to Chuq's bird carrying a stick I can't even hazard a guess as I don't
>> believe the species has ever nested in the continental U.S. If for some
>> reason the species was to attempt to nest so far south it should be
>> thoroughly documented!
>> Enjoy the weather,
>> Steve Glover
>> San Ramon
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Chuq Von Rospach  wrote:
>>
>>> From: Chuq Von Rospach 
>>> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Wrentit  at  Sibley
>>> To: "Rod Thornton" 
>>> Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
>>> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12:12 AM
>>> I spent time at Ed Levin in Milpitas today, and found both
>>> golden-crowned and (ratty, partially moulted) white-crowns.
>>> One golden-crowned was carrying around nesting material. I
>>> suppose it might have had other reasons for the twigs, but I
>>> can't think of any, and I didn't think they nested
>>> locally.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 28, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Rod Thornton wrote:
>>>
>>> > Also jockeying for space in the tree were a California
>>> Towhee & a Golden-crowned Sparrow. I'm surprised the
>>> sparrow hasn't left for his Alaskan feeding grounds yet.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chuq Von Rospach
>>> blog: http://www.chuqui.com
>>> photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chuqui
>>> email: chuqui at me.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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