[EBB Sightings] Mines Rd, Monday
[EBB Sightings] Mines Rd, Monday
Alan Howe
Tue Feb 16 12:38:08 PST 2010
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Hi all.
Thanks to those of you who replied to my request for info. I had a good time winding through the hinterland.
Murrietta's Well was fairly busy:
yellow-billed magpies abounded--at least one appeared to be refurbishing a nest;
redtailed hawk;
northern mockingbird;
starling;
yellow-rumped warbler;
American robin;
TV-at first perched in the orchard;
white-crowned sparrow;
chipping sparrow?;
California quail;
house finch;
scrub jay;
bushtit;
ruby-crowned kinglet;
American kestral;
dark-eyed junco--Oregon & slate-colored;
lesser goldfinch;
Nuttal's woodpecker;
Anna's hummingbird;
western meadowlark;
great horned owl--being mildly harrassed by magpies;
and one or two unidentified small birds.
Along the road I saw or heard additionally:
western bluebird;
black-capped chickadee;
California thrasher singing away just below the road (mile 7 or 8?);
acorn woodpecker;
Steller's jay;
unidentified light-colored raptor;
mallard;
black phoebe.
Along the San Antonio Valley:
oak titmouse;
Brewer's blackbird;
red-wing blackbird;
killdeer;
bufflehead--one lone female;
wood duck;
flicker (heard, so not sure);
Lewis' woodpecker (my first fairly decent look--only barely seen from a distance before);
wild turkey--a flock, feeding along with deer, in a small ranch yard.
A beautiful day and a beautiful area!
Peace,
Alan Howe
North Oakland
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