[EBB Sightings] Looking for recommendations on Mines Road inLivermore

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. 

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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:15 PM
To: Thrush
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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/
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