tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37011287743431500272012-01-22T16:16:34.031-08:00Santa Cruz Bird Club Newsfield trips, photos, news, and notes from the Santa Cruz Bird ClubSanta Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-91300471371157449752011-10-07T18:58:00.000-07:002012-01-22T16:16:34.042-08:00Wilder Ranch SP, Oct 7, 2011<span style="color: #4c1130;">Wilder Ranch SP--vicinity of ranch buildings, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Oct 7, 2011 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />63 species (+2 other taxa)</span><br />California Quail 5<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Turkey Vulture 1<br />Osprey 1 <br />White-tailed Kite 3<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 juv.<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 2<br />Killdeer 3 <br />Western Gull 20 <br />California Gull 20 <br />gull sp. 25<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 3<br />Vaux's Swift 10 <em>loose group of migrants flying W</em> <br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western) 1<br />Black Phoebe 6<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 3<br />Warbling Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 6<br />Violet-green Swallow 3 <br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 3<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3<br />Wrentit 1<br />American Robin 3<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 25 <br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Yellow Warbler 4<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 5<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 <br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 8<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 5<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 8<br />White-crowned Sparrow 60<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 50<br />Tricolored Blackbird 40 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 35<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 25<br />Pine Siskin 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 20<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Wilder Ranch- coastal area, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Oct 7, 2011 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />2.0 miles</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">62 species (+2 other taxa)</span><br />Mallard 5<br />Surf Scoter 10 <br />California Quail 1 <br />Brandt's Cormorant 30<br />Pelagic Cormorant 3<br />Brown Pelican 15<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 2<br />Snowy Egret 3<br />Turkey Vulture 2<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Northern Harrier 3 <em>ad. female and 2 juvs.</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2.<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3 <br />Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1 ad.<br />American Coot 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 4<br />Wandering Tattler 1 <em>rocks near Fern Grotto Beach</em><br />Long-billed Curlew 1 <em>flew west</em><br />Black Turnstone 1<br />Red-necked Phalarope 5 <em>Wilder Creek lagoon</em><br />Ring-billed Gull 1 <em>1st cycle, landed on beach</em><br />Western Gull 50<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2<br />Elegant Tern 5<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Belted Kingfisher 1 <br />Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western) 1 <br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Say's Phoebe 2<br />Steller's Jay 2 cottonwoods in Wilder Creek<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />European Starling 20<br />American Pipit 30 <br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Yellow Warbler 4<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15 <br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 15<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 5<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 5 <br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 50 <br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 100<br />Western Meadowlark 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 75<br />House Finch 30<br />Pine Siskin 2<br />Lesser Goldfinch 10<br />American Goldfinch 20<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-9130047137115744975?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-18877409623242503932011-09-30T18:56:00.000-07:002012-01-22T16:03:37.542-08:00San Lorenzo River, Sep 30, 2011<span style="color: purple;">San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 30, 2011 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />1.0 mile(s)<br />Comments: SCBC field trip<br />46 species</span><br />Mallard 60<br />Common Merganser 3<br />Eared Grebe 1 <br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Great Egret 1<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 2<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1<br />Western Gull 30<br />California Gull 20<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 3<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 1 just above Hwy 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 35 <br />Brown Creeper 2 <br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />House Wren 2<br />American Robin 3<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 25<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Yellow Warbler 6<br />Townsend's Warbler 5<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 3<br />White-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10 <br />Western Meadowlark 1 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 15<br />House Finch 15<br />Lesser Goldfinch 5<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1887740962324250393?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-20727856695603072011-09-16T15:57:00.000-07:002012-01-22T15:58:29.847-08:00Arana Gulch Open Space, Sep 16, 2011<span style="color: red;">Arana Gulch Open Space, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 16, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />1.0 mile<br />45 species (+1 other taxa)</span>Double-crested Cormorant 4<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 <br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2 <br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />Rock Pigeon 40<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Belted Kingfisher 1 <br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Western) 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 15<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 8<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 7<br />House Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 <br />Wrentit 1<br />American Robin 25 <br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Yellow Warbler 2<br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 3<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Western Tanager 1 <br />Indigo Bunting 1 <em>female type</em><br />House Finch 15<br />Pine Siskin 1 <br />Lesser Goldfinch 5<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Lighthouse Field SB, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 16, 2011 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.25 mile(s)<br />Comments: continuation of SCBC field trip<br />34 species</span><br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Brown Pelican 5<br />Osprey 1 <em>flying up the coast; 1st spotted by Alexander</em>Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2 <br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 5<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />American Crow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />European Starling 20<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<em> migrant</em> <br />Yellow Warbler 5<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 <br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 3<br />California Towhee 8<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Western Tanager 1<br />Blue Grosbeak 1 <em>continuing since 9/13<br /></em>Painted Bunting 1 <em>continuing since 9/15</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />House Finch 10<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2072785669560307?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-78863614288912706282011-09-09T18:55:00.000-07:002011-10-18T08:46:16.720-07:00Antonelli Pond and Natural Bridges, Sep 9, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FOgM6ew8PRE/Tp0SAXE4pII/AAAAAAAACJM/tONTIiS9nfc/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FOgM6ew8PRE/Tp0SAXE4pII/AAAAAAAACJM/tONTIiS9nfc/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Green Heron at Antonelli Pond</em></div><br /><span style="color: lime;">Antonelli Pond, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 9, 2011 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />49 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1<em> juv</em>.<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <em>juv. at Homeless Garden</em><br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />Virginia Rail 2 <br />Sora 1<br />American Coot 2<br />Killdeer 2<br />Western Gull 5<br />California Gull 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 15<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Western Kingbird 1 <em>Homeless Garden area</em><br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 7<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12<br />Barn Swallow 25<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 7<br />House Wren 1<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />Wrentit 1<br />American Robin 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 7<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 30<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 7<br />Yellow Warbler 5<br />Wilson's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 15<br />House Finch 30<br />Lesser Goldfinch 8<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Natural Bridges SB, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 9, 2011 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />47 species</span><br />Mallard 3<br />California Quail 10 <br />Sooty Shearwater 100 <br />Brandt's Cormorant 50<br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Brown Pelican 35<br />Snowy Egret 7 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 22<br />Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 3<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Whimbrel (American) 3<br />Least Sandpiper 2<br />Baird's Sandpiper 2 <em>juvs., at Moore Creek lagoon</em><br />Red-necked Phalarope 3<br />Heermann's Gull 20<br />Western Gull 30<br />California Gull 20<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1 <br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 15<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Wrentit 2<br />American Robin 2<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 5<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Wilson's Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Western Tanager 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7886361428891270628?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-67103540285399990062011-09-02T18:53:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:58:24.001-07:00Meder Canyon, Sep 2, 2011<span style="color: #cc0000;">Meder Canyon, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Sep 2, 2011 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />1.25 mile(s)<br />55 species (+2 other taxa)</span><br />California Quail 10<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2 <em>flew over</em><br />Great Egret 1 <em>flew over</em><br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Accipiter sp. 2<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 20<br />California Gull 10<br />gull sp. 20<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 40<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 12<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Pileated Woodpecker 1 <em>calling from upper slope at </em><br /><em> E end of upper side canyon, </em><br /><em> then flew to W side of canyon</em><br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 4<br />Steller's Jay 18<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 20<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 50<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 35<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 30<br />Brown Creeper 2<br />Bewick's Wren 20<br />House Wren 1<br />Wrentit 12<br />Swainson's Thrush 2<br />American Robin 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />California Thrasher 6<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Yellow Warbler 1<br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 10<br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 25<br />Western Tanager 12<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 4<br />Indigo Bunting 1 <em>female</em> <br />Purple Finch (Western) 20<br />House Finch 10<br />Pine Siskin 1 flew over, calling<br />Lesser Goldfinch 6<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6710354028539999006?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-82882637777990655952011-08-26T18:07:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:16:33.525-07:00Natural Bridges SB, Aug 26, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QX2ZxGwZDpo/TpY4_827wgI/AAAAAAAACG4/z-BS5ivApVo/s1600/Natural_Bridges__Aug._26%252C_2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QX2ZxGwZDpo/TpY4_827wgI/AAAAAAAACG4/z-BS5ivApVo/s400/Natural_Bridges__Aug._26%252C_2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>scenes from the day</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>photos by Wendy Naruo</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>click for a larger view</em></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Natural Bridges SB, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Aug 26, 2011 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />1.25 mile(s)<br />65 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Mallard 10<br />California Quail 5 <br />Pied-billed Grebe 1 <br />Brandt's Cormorant 20<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Brown Pelican 50<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Green Heron 1 <em>great views of one fishing</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Black-bellied Plover 3 <br />Semipalmated Plover 1 <br />Killdeer 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Greater Yellowlegs 1 <br />Willet 1 <br />Whimbrel (American) 2 <br />Long-billed Curlew 2 <em> 1 ad. 1 juv.</em><br />Red-necked Phalarope 2 <br />Heermann's Gull 30<br />Western Gull 30<br />California Gull 40<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1 <br />Caspian Tern 1<br />Common Murre 2 <br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 4<br />Belted Kingfisher 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3<br />Barn Swallow 35 <br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Wrentit 4<br />American Robin 25<br />Northern Mockingbird 1 <br />California Thrasher 4<br />European Starling 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 6<br />Yellow Warbler 1<br />Townsend's Warbler 1 <br />Wilson's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 12<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Hooded Oriole 2 <br />House Finch 15<br />Lesser Goldfinch 3<br />American Goldfinch 8<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8288263777799065595?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-70863934789446911382011-08-19T17:57:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:15:29.434-07:00Neary Lagoon, Aug 19, 2011<span style="color: #cc0000;">Neary Lagoon, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Aug 19, 2011 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />1.25 mile(s)<br />37 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Wood Duck 25<br />Mallard 60<br />Pied-billed Grebe 5<br />Green Heron 1 <em>juv.; Laurel Creek area</em><br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Sora 1<br />American Coot 1<br />Western Gull 5<br />gull sp. 10<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 2 <br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 5<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />American Robin 8<br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />European Starling 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 5<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 4<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 6 <em>Laurel Creek area</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 20<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7086393478944691138?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-65825226360425773592011-08-12T17:53:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:14:41.545-07:00Terrace Pt., Younger Lagoon, Antonelli Pond, Aug 12, 2011<span style="color: #073763;">Terrace Pt., Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Aug 12, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.75 mile(s)<br />Comments: SCBC field trip<br />52 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Mallard 2<br />Common Merganser 4 <em>flying up the coast</em><br />California Quail 2 <br />Brandt's Cormorant 50<br />Double-crested Cormorant 10<br />Pelagic Cormorant 5<br />Brown Pelican 20<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Snowy Egret 7 <em>all on kelp beds</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) <br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 9 <br />Killdeer 2<br />Black Oystercatcher 5<br />Whimbrel (American) 1<br />Black Turnstone 5<br />Surfbird 1<br />peep sp. 10 <em>flying high over</em><br />Heermann's Gull 30<br />Western Gull 50<br />California Gull 20<br />Caspian Tern 7<br />Elegant Tern 10<br />Common Murre 50 <em>estimate </em> <br />Pigeon Guillemot 8<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 20<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5<br />Barn Swallow 40<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1 <br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Marsh Wren 1 <br />Northern Mockingbird 7<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 4<br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 40<br />Lesser Goldfinch 10<br />American Goldfinch 20<br />House Sparrow 30 <br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #741b47;">Antonelli Pond, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Aug 12, 2011 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />35 species</span><br />Mallard 3<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Green Heron 3 <em>adult and 2 juvs.</em><br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) <em>2 juvs</em>.<br />American Coot 2<br />Killdeer 1<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 5<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 15<br />Common Yellowthroat 3<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 10<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #783f04;">Younger Lagoon, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Aug 12, 2011 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM<br />Protocol: Stationary<br />19 species</span><br />Mallard 12<br />California Quail 1 <br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Red-necked Phalarope 9<br />Western Gull 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 3<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />House Wren 1 <em>heard calling</em><br />California Thrasher 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 1<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6582522636042577359?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-88843083904286887352011-07-29T17:43:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:14:00.316-07:00West Cliff Drive and vicinity, Jul 29, 2011<span style="color: blue;">West Cliff Drive (west of the Lighthouse), Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 29, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />20 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Western/Clark's Grebe 4<br />Brandt's Cormorant 300<br />Double-crested Cormorant 10<br />Pelagic Cormorant 10<br />Brown Pelican 75<br />Black Turnstone 7<br />Heermann's Gull 50<br />Western Gull 35<br />California Gull 20<br />Caspian Tern 5<br />Elegant Tern 10<br />Common Murre 2<br />Pigeon Guillemot 12<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 5<br />House Sparrow 15<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Lighthouse Field SB, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 29, 2011 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.5 mile(s)<br />16 species</span><br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />American Crow 20<br />Cliff Swallow 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3<br />Bushtit 12<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 5<br />California Towhee 5<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 1<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #4c1130;">Bethany Curve, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 29, 2011 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.25 mile(s)<br />18 species</span><br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 8<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Violet-green Swallow 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 7<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Northern Mockingbird 6<br />European Starling 10<br />Wilson's Warbler 1<br />California Towhee 8<br />Hooded Oriole 4<br />House Finch 12<br />American Goldfinch 1<br />House Sparrow 15<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8884308390428688735?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-31231131695023229892011-07-15T17:39:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:13:26.415-07:00Antonelli Pond, Natural Bridges, Jul 15, 2011<span style="color: purple;">Antonelli Pond, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 15, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.3 mile(s)<br />34 species</span><br />Mallard 2<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 4<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />American Coot 2<br />Western Gull 5<br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 3<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 5<br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Cliff Swallow 25<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 5<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 1<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Natural Bridges SB, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 15, 2011 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.75 mile(s)<br />51 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />Mallard 1<br />California Quail 5<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 1<br />Brandt's Cormorant 75<br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Brown Pelican 25<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Killdeer 5<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Least Sandpiper 1<br />Heermann's Gull 75<br />Western Gull 50<br />California Gull 15<br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Pigeon Guillemot 2<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 6<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 15<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 7<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />Wrentit 2<br />American Robin 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 5<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 4<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 5<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3123113169502322989?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-87819884288503983192011-07-01T17:32:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:12:44.424-07:00Moore Creek Preserve, Jul 1, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B5hhtTj9Cp4/TpYv0V1K1UI/AAAAAAAACGw/1coSrglCVgk/s1600/Moore_Creek_Preserve%252C_July_1%252C_2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B5hhtTj9Cp4/TpYv0V1K1UI/AAAAAAAACGw/1coSrglCVgk/s400/Moore_Creek_Preserve%252C_July_1%252C_2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Scenes from the day</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>photos by Wendy Naruo</em><br /><em>click photo for a larger view</em></div><span style="color: red;">Moore Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jul 1, 2011 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />2.5 mile(s)<br />44 species (+1 other taxa)</span><br />California Quail 5<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 <br />Accipiter sp. 1 <br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4 <br />American Kestrel 2<br />Western Gull 8<br />Caspian Tern 2 <br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 10<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Black Swift 2 <em>around 4:00 PM</em><br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 <br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 3 \<br />Western Kingbird 2 <em>late </em><br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 8<br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Cliff Swallow 150 <br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Bushtit 15<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Western Bluebird 1<br />American Robin 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 5<br />Chipping Sparrow 1<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 8 <br />Grasshopper Sparrow 6 <br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 25<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 5<br />House Finch 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8781988428850398319?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-87007744884911979892011-06-18T17:19:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:11:58.469-07:00Pogonip Open Space Preserve, Jun 18, 2011<span style="color: lime;">Pogonip Open Space Preserve, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jun 18, 2011 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />2.5 mile(s)<br />Comments: <em>foggy weather for much of the walk</em> </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">52 species</span><br />California Quail 2<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk 2<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 <em>carrying prey</em><br />Western Gull 1 <em>flew over</em><br />California Gull 5 <em>flew over</em><br />Band-tailed Pigeon 10 <br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Vaux's Swift 1 <em>not far from Spring St</em>. <br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Allen's Hummingbird 7<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 <br />Western Wood-Pewee 1 <br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 12<br />Black Phoebe 7 <br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 <br />Hutton's Vireo 5 <br />Warbling Vireo 7<br />Steller's Jay 10<br />Western Scrub-Jay 10<br />American Crow 2 <em>near Spring St.</em><br />Common Raven 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 2 <br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Bushtit 40<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Brown Creeper 8<br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />Pacific Wren 4<br />Wrentit 2 <br />Hermit Thrush 3<br />American Robin 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 7<br />Wilson's Warbler 10<br />Spotted Towhee 20<br />California Towhee 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco 50<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1 <br />Red-winged Blackbird 15<br />Western Meadowlark 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch 12<br />House Finch 15<br />Pine Siskin 1<br />Lesser Goldfinch 8<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8700774488491197989?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-28368855423863308072011-06-10T17:04:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:11:08.338-07:00Schwan Lake area, Jun 10, 2011<span style="color: red;">Schwan Lake area, Santa Cruz, US-CA<br />Jun 10, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM<br />Protocol: Traveling<br />0.75 mile(s)<br />48 species</span><br />Mallard 2<br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 50 <em>active nesting colony in eucalyptus</em><br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 <em>fresh-plumaged juv</em>.<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 20 <em>rough estimate</em><br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 5<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Allen's Hummingbird 5 <em>one adult male</em><br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4 <br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay 8<br />American Crow 10<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Tree Swallow 1 <br />Violet-green Swallow 8<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 8<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Brown Creeper 4 <em>family group in live oaks</em><br />Bewick's Wren 12<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 5<br />Wilson's Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 15<br />California Towhee 18<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco 5<br />Western Tanager 1 <br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1 <br />Red-winged Blackbird 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />House Finch 12<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2836885542386330807?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-64847263288205362782011-05-27T17:04:00.000-07:002011-06-09T20:31:53.137-07:00Arana Gulch, 5/27/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BddJt39i4a8/TfGM_jAluwI/AAAAAAAABvY/yXfPUD18d7U/s1600/Arana_Gulch%252C_May_June_2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BddJt39i4a8/TfGM_jAluwI/AAAAAAAABvY/yXfPUD18d7U/s400/Arana_Gulch%252C_May_June_2011.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scenes from the day:</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red-tailed Hawk, Hooded Orioles, Black-headed Grosbeak,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph), Pygmy Nuthatch, Oak Titmouse,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Western Tanager, Lazuli Bunting, Song Sparrow,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow Warbler, Hooded Oriole, Olive-sided Flycatcher,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">House Finch Mournng Dove, Western Wood-Pewee,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Towhee, Unusual Cat, Northern Mockingbird,</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Phoebe, Broen-headed Cowbird, Violet-green Swallow</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos by Wendy Naruo</span></em></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Arana Gulch Open Space<br />Observation date: 5/27/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 57</span><br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1 <br />Accipiter sp. 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk 2 <br />Western Gull 3<br />California Gull 1<br />Rock Pigeon 4<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 5<br />Mourning Dove 35<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2 <em>nest on Hagemann Gulch side</em><br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1<br />Western Wood-Pewee 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Warbling Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay 8<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 8<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 10<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Wrentit 1 <br />Swainson's Thrush 2<br />American Robin 8<br />Northern Mockingbird 10<br />European Starling 40<br />Cedar Waxwing 5<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 12<br />California Towhee 15<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco 5<br />Western Tanager 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 6<br />Lazuli Bunting 3 <br />Red-winged Blackbird 3<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 3<br />Hooded Oriole 6 <em>nest with young in eucalyptus</em><br />Purple Finch 1<br />House Finch 30<br />Lesser Goldfinch 5<br />House Sparrow 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6484726328820536278?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-74184959272337316372011-05-20T17:04:00.000-07:002011-06-09T18:16:01.695-07:00Natural Bridges SB , 5/20/11<span style="color: #cc0000;">Subject: eBird Report - Natural Bridges SB , 5/20/11</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 5/20/11<br />Number of species: 55</span><br />Mallard 5<br />California Quail 5<br />Red-throated Loon 2<br />Brandt's Cormorant 30<br />Brown Pelican 2<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 2<br />American Kestrel 2 <em>adult feeding a fledgling</em><br />Killdeer 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 7<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Kingbird 1 <em>migrant</em><br />Warbling Vireo 1 <em>migrant</em><br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay 5<br />American Crow 35<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 10<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 7<br />Wrentit 2<br />Swainson's Thrush 1<br />American Robin 4<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Cedar Waxwing 40<br />Yellow Warbler 1 <em>migrant</em>Common Yellowthroat 3<br />Wilson's Warbler 5 <br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />Western Tanager 10 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 2<br />Purple Finch 3<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 5/20/11<br />Number of species: 39</span><br />Mallard 2<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk 2<br />American Coot 1<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 5<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay 4<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4<br />Tree Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 12<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Swainson's Thrush 1<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 10<br />Yellow Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Wilson's Warbler 2<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Western Tanager 1<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird 25<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 3<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7418495927233731637?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-1786336707103885752011-05-14T17:02:00.000-07:002011-06-09T17:58:10.601-07:00Lower UCSC/Mima Meadow , 5/14/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v8xamSInTfs/TfFqn1ACGHI/AAAAAAAABvU/lRHufKnCt3Q/s1600/UCSC+Mima+photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v8xamSInTfs/TfFqn1ACGHI/AAAAAAAABvU/lRHufKnCt3Q/s320/UCSC+Mima+photos.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scenes from the Mima Meadow:</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> California Towhee, Triteleia hyacinthina, </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Triteleia ixioides, birders</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos by David Sidle</span></em></div><br /><span style="color: #990000;">Location: Lower UCSC<br />Observation date: 5/14/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; Oakes College to Arboretum <br />Number of species: 44</span><br />Mallard 1<br />California Quail 3<br />Common Loon 1 <em>flew over Moore Creek</em><br />Turkey Vulture 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk 2<br />gull sp. 20<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Allen's Hummingbird 15<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 <br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 <br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Warbling Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay 8<br />Common Raven 2<br />Cliff Swallow 20<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Wrentit 2<br />Swainson's Thrush 1 <em>heard only; Moore Creek</em><br />American Robin 3<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 2<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Western Tanager 2<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 2<br />Lazuli Bunting 2 <br />Red-winged Blackbird 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 2<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />Hooded Oriole 2 <em>Arboretum</em><br />Purple Finch 10<br />House Finch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: UCSC- Mima Meadow<br />Observation date: 5/14/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 39</span><br />California Quail 1<br />Turkey Vulture 4<br />Red-tailed Hawk 3<br />Whimbrel 6 <em>flock flew over</em><br />California Gull 5<br />gull sp. 10<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 20<br />Mourning Dove 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Western Kingbird 6 <em>flew over in one group</em><br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Warbling Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay 3<br />Common Raven 4<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Cliff Swallow 25<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4<br />Bushtit 10<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Western Bluebird 2 j<em>ust south of UCSC fenceline</em> <br />American Robin 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 1 <br />European Starling 5<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 2<br />Savannah Sparrow 6<br />Grasshopper Sparrow 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 2<br />Hooded Oriole 1 <br />Purple Finch 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-178633670710388575?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-63858026077047828142011-05-06T17:01:00.000-07:002011-06-09T17:19:08.257-07:00San Lorenzo River , 5/6/11<span style="color: blue;">Location: San Lorenzo River<br />Observation date: 5/6/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 45</span><br />Mallard 35<br />Bufflehead 1 <em>late</em><br />Common Merganser 5<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Brown Pelican 1 <em>over Boardwalk</em><br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Turkey Vulture 5 <br />Osprey 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Killdeer 3 <em>one on a nest</em><br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Long-billed Curlew 1 <em>at gull flock below Riverside</em><br />Western Gull 30<br />California Gull 50<br />Thayer's Gull 1 <em>very faded 1st cycle</em><br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Rock Pigeon 35<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 40 <br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 8<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 1 <br />Acorn Woodpecker 1 <em>San Lorenzo Park; odd location</em><br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 3<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10<br />Violet-green Swallow 20<br />Cliff Swallow 75 <em>much nest building</em><br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 30<br />Cedar Waxwing 10<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 15<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />House Sparrow 20<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Santa Cruz- 'Branciforte Dip'/Oceanview area<br />Observation date: 5/6/11<br />Number of species: 27</span><br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 4 <br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 <br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 3<br />American Crow 5<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 10<br />Brown Creeper 2 <em>pair carrying food</em><br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 10<br />Cedar Waxwing 30<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 7<br />Western Tanager 1 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 2<br />Hooded Oriole 3 <br />House Finch 5<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6385802607704782814?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-48217412081118903052011-04-29T16:59:00.000-07:002011-06-09T17:11:25.687-07:00Neary Lagoon , 4/29/11<span style="color: #4c1130;">Location: Neary Lagoon<br />Observation date: 4/29/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; wind hampered activity<br />Number of species: 47</span><br />Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 3<br />Wood Duck 8 <em>plus one duckling</em><br />Mallard 15<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />American Coot 4<br />Semipalmated Plover 5 <em>flew over</em><br />Least Sandpiper 1 <em>flew over</em><br />peep sp. 3 <br />Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 12 <em>flew over</em><br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 15<br />gull sp. 10<br />Caspian Tern 3<br />Rock Pigeon 30<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 1 <br />Downy Woodpecker 3<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Tree Swallow 8 <em>using nest boxes</em><br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Cliff Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 6<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />American Robin 4<br />European Starling 15<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 6<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 12<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Lazuli Bunting 1 <em>flew in and stopped very briefly</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 8<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 15<br />American Goldfinch 8<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-4821741208111890305?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-85808919390987622252011-04-15T09:31:00.000-07:002011-05-03T22:05:14.057-07:00Moore Creek Preserve , 4/15/11<img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ME8st3SbA1E/TcDZl_VoFsI/AAAAAAAABjQ/DmKBiInIgK4/s400/Apr._15%252C_2011_Moore_Creek.jpg" width="400" /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Scenes from the day ; </strong></em></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>photos by Wendy Naruo</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Top row: Bromegrass, Coast Live Oak, Checkered Skipper, </strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>view of Vernal Ridge area, Common Ringlet, Grasshopper Sparrow,</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>California Darner</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>2nd row: Crab Spider, cow, Sheep Sorrel, Common Ravens, </strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Western Bluebird, Unber Skipper, Checkered Skipper</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>3rd row: Purple Needlegrass, Meadow Barley, Jumping Spider, </strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Western Bluebird</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>4th row: Checkered Skipper, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>5th row: Sky Lupine, Savannah Sparrow, Checkered Skipper,</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>birders</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Moore Creek Preserve<br />Observation date: 4/15/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 55</span><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Quail 12<br />Turkey Vulture 2<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5<br />American Kestrel 2<br />Western Gull 5<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 10<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Acorn Woodpecker 7 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 5<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 7<br />Common Raven 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 10<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 4 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 10<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Bewick's Wren 12<br />Wrentit 2<br />Western Bluebird 2 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hermit Thrush 1 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Robin 7<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 5<br />Townsend's Warbler 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wilson's Warbler 7<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 7<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 8 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Grasshopper Sparrow 5 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 3</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Western Meadowlark 15</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brewer's Blackbird 8<br />Purple Finch (Western) 6<br />House Finch 5<br />Pine Siskin 4 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Lesser Goldfinch 7<br />American Goldfinch 1</div>This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ME8st3SbA1E/TcDZl_VoFsI/AAAAAAAABjQ/DmKBiInIgK4/s1600/Apr._15%252C_2011_Moore_Creek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8580891939098762225?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-60794245427968326332011-04-08T09:30:00.000-07:002011-05-03T08:50:14.182-07:00Natural Bridges, 4/8/11<span style="color: red;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 4/8/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; weather cold for the time of year, </span><span style="color: red;">with a light shower in late morning</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Number of species: 73</span><br />Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 2 <br />Mallard 2<br />Surf Scoter 35<br />Red-throated Loon 10<br />Pacific Loon 30<br />Common Loon 1<br />Eared Grebe 1<br />Western Grebe 1<br />Brandt's Cormorant 5 <em>onewith nesting material</em><br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Brown Pelican 8 one flock<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Merlin 1<br />Killdeer 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 3<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Whimbrel (American) 6<br />Western Sandpiper 1<br />Short-billed Dowitcher (Pacific) 4 <br />Western Gull 25<br />California Gull 10<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1<br />gull sp. 1 <em>likely a worn1st cycle Thayer's</em><br />Caspian Tern 1<br />Rock Pigeon 3<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2 <em>displaying males</em><br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 5<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 7<br />American Crow 15<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 10<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 12<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3<br />Wrentit 1<br />Hermit Thrush 2<br />American Robin 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />European Starling 20<br />Cedar Waxwing 200<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 4<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 8<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />White-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 4<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 7<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6079424542796832633?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-6086102427689418872011-04-01T09:30:00.000-07:002011-05-03T08:41:30.152-07:00Schwan Lake area , 4/1/11<span style="color: purple;">Location: Schwan Lake area<br />Observation date: 4/1/11<br />Number of species: 53</span><br />Mallard 6<br />Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 10 <br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />American Coot 5<br />California Gull 15<br />gull sp. 10<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 5<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 3<br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 7<br />American Crow 10<br />Violet-green Swallow 4<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 6<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5 <br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Hermit Thrush 2 <br />American Robin 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 40<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 <em>adult male, singing</em><br />Townsend's Warbler 12<br />Common Yellowthroat 3<br />Wilson's Warbler 3<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 5<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 <br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />White-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 8<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 3<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-608610242768941887?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-12562424306281739942011-03-25T09:29:00.000-07:002011-05-03T08:35:24.160-07:00West Cliff Drive, 3/25/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-meIwWr-UwZo/TcAfrp9xNwI/AAAAAAAABjM/7f3mWJ8nBZA/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-meIwWr-UwZo/TcAfrp9xNwI/AAAAAAAABjM/7f3mWJ8nBZA/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;">Location: West Cliff Drive <br />Observation date: 3/25/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; showery weather and high surf<br />Number of species: 34</span><br />Surf Scoter 60<br />Red-breasted Merganser 7 <br />Pacific Loon 1<br />Common Loon 1 <br />Eared Grebe 1<br />Western Grebe 5<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 12<br />Brandt's Cormorant 10<br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Pelagic Cormorant 15<br />Brown Pelican 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 3<br />Whimbrel 3<br />Black Turnstone 12<br />Surfbird 7<br />Western Gull 35<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5<br />California Gull 10<br />Herring Gull (American) 1 <em>1st cycle</em><br />Glaucous-winged Gull 12<br />Pigeon Guillemot 10<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 25<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1<br />California Towhee 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 35<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 2<br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1256242430628173994?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-70308629281091090112011-03-19T08:36:00.000-07:002011-03-21T09:06:05.008-07:00Pogonip, 3/19/11<span style="color: purple;">Location: Pogonip Open Space Preserve<br />Observation date: 3/19/11<br />Number of species: 38</span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><em>a stormy day, with rain and hail showers</em></span><br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 6<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 4<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 8<br />Steller's Jay 8<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 35<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 10<br />Brown Creeper 8<br />Bewick's Wren 20<br />Pacific Wren 4<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8<br />Hermit Thrush 4<br />American Robin 10<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 12<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Townsend's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 4<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 10<br />House Finch 5<br />Pine Siskin 2<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7030862928109109011?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-22350701334201297672011-03-11T08:36:00.000-08:002011-03-21T08:59:57.052-07:00San Lorenzo River , 3/11/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mKyhyaTj98w/TYdyZWuBrzI/AAAAAAAABfE/XsdkqMesYXE/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mKyhyaTj98w/TYdyZWuBrzI/AAAAAAAABfE/XsdkqMesYXE/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Eastern Phoebe at San Lorenzo Park</span></em></div><span style="color: red;">Location: San Lorenzo River<br />Observation date: 3/11/11<br />Number of species: 61</span><br /><span style="color: red;"><em>covered area from San Lorenzo Park to </em></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><em>near Highway 1</em></span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 3 <em>continuing trio </em><br />Mallard 50<br />Common Merganser 8<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Great Blue Heron 2<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 <br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3<br />American Kestrel 1 <br />Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1<br />American Coot 10<br />Killdeer 2<br />Mew Gull (American) 6 <br />Ring-billed Gull 1 <br />Western Gull 15<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5<br />California Gull 30<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 3<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8 <br />Hammond's Flycatcher 1 <em>continuing in San LorenzoPark</em><br />Black Phoebe 9<br />Eastern Phoebe 1 <em>continuing in San Lorenzo Park</em><br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 10 <em>building a nest </em><br />Common Raven 4 <em>carring nesting material </em><br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 <br />TreeSwallow 4 <br />Violet-green Swallow 20 <br />Barn Swallow 3 <br />Cliff Swallow 1 <br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 25<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <br />Brown Creeper 2 <br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />American Robin 4<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Cedar Waxwing 40 2 flocks<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 1 <br />Black-and-white Warbler 1 <em>continuing wintering bird</em> <br />California Towhee 4<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />White-crowned Sparrow 30<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 8<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 6 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />House Finch 20<br />Pine Siskin 2<br />Lesser Goldfinch 7 <br />American Goldfinch 50 <br />Evening Grosbeak 1 <em>between River St. and Hwy. 1</em> <br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2235070133420129767?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-84103540086800614072011-03-04T08:26:00.000-08:002011-03-12T09:09:14.254-08:00Wilder Ranch, 3/4/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rlxv9B3BOHg/TXumFlV5VyI/AAAAAAAABes/RHAfCRe6d-A/s1600/2011-03-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rlxv9B3BOHg/TXumFlV5VyI/AAAAAAAABes/RHAfCRe6d-A/s320/2011-03-05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Some scenes from the day, by Wendy Naruo (l to r, by row):</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>American Kestrel, Bewick's Wren, Pelagic Cormorant, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Northern Harrier (female and male), </em></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>blackbird flock, Surfbirds & Black Turnstones, Sanderlings</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Red-throated Loon, Harbor Seals, Red-breasted Mergansers</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Long-tailed Weasel, Brandt's Cormorant, White-crowned Sparrow, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Sea Otter & Western Gull, Judy & Sue, </em></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Western Meadowlark, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Black Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">(click on picture for a larger image)</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Wilder Ranch- coastal area<br />Observation date: 3/4/11<br />Number of species: 78</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>Area covered includes ranch building complex, Old</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>Cove Landing Trail, and adjacent areas</em></span></div>Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 2 <br />Mallard 10<br />Surf Scoter 10<br />Red-breasted Merganser 7<br />Red-throated Loon 3<br />Pacific Loon 1<br />Common Loon 2<br />Eared Grebe 2<br />Western Grebe 1<br />Brandt's Cormorant 10<br />Double-crested Cormorant 3<br />Pelagic Cormorant 5 <em>one on a nest</em><br />Turkey Vulture 5<br />Osprey 1 <em>flew over Wilder Beach</em><br />Northern Harrier 2 <em>pair</em><br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3<br />American Kestrel 2<br />Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1 <br />Killdeer 2<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Whimbrel 5<br />Black Turnstone 8<br />Surfbird 10<br />Sanderling 80<br />Western Gull 75<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5<br />California Gull 20<br />Herring Gull (American) 3<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 15<br />gull sp. 100 <br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Say's Phoebe 1 <br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Tree Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Barn Swallow 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 25<br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />House Wren 2 <br />Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Wrentit 1<br />Hermit Thrush 4<br />American Robin 20<br />European Starling 150<br />American Pipit 2 Wilder Beach<br />Cedar Waxwing 70 <br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1 <br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 7<br />Townsend's Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 3<br />Spotted Towhee 12 many singing<br />California Towhee 10<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 10 <br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 80<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 80<br />Western Meadowlark 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 100<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 25<br />Pine Siskin 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 7<br />American Goldfinch 35<br />House Sparrow 7<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8410354008680061407?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-28034373061899798102011-02-19T19:43:00.000-08:002011-03-03T19:49:44.162-08:00Upper UCSC , 2/19/11<span style="color: lime;">Location: Upper UCSC<br />Observation date: 2/19/11<br />Notes: steady light to moderate rain for most of the walk<br />Number of species: 20</span><br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Brown Creeper 5<br />Bewick's Wren 7 <br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />Wrentit 5<br />Hermit Thrush 4 <br />American Robin 20<br />Cedar Waxwing 5<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20 <br />Purple Finch (Western) 1<br />Pine Siskin 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2803437306189979810?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-86244015716899372292011-02-11T16:42:00.000-08:002011-02-18T17:29:28.852-08:00Neary Lagoon & Santa Cruz Wharf , 2/11/11<span style="color: lime;">Location: Neary Lagoon<br />Observation date: 2/11/11<br />Number of species: 46</span><br />Wood Duck 8 <em>several display flights</em><br />Mallard 40<br />Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Merlin 1<br />American Coot 30<br />Western Gull 3<br />California Gull 5<br />gull sp. 10<br />Rock Pigeon 40<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 15<br />Tree Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 30<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Hermit Thrush 3<br />American Robin 40<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 25<br />Townsend's Warbler 7<br />Common Yellowthroat 4<br />California Towhee 8<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />White-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 4 <em>one male with orange plumage</em><br />House Finch 20<br />Lesser Goldfinch 12<br />American Goldfinch 60<br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf<br />Observation date: 2/11/11<br />Number of species: 16</span><br />Surf Scoter 50<br />Red-breasted Merganser 3<br />Red-throated Loon 12<br />Pacific Loon 2<br />Common Loon 1<br />Eared Grebe 1<br />Western Grebe 10<br />Brandt's Cormorant 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 4<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Brown Pelican 2<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Heermann's Gull 1<br />Mew Gull (American) 10<br />Western Gull 40<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8624401571689937229?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-44783640771843941542011-01-28T16:40:00.000-08:002011-02-18T17:23:04.692-08:00Natural Bridges SB and vicinity , 1/28/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cl5g2jltD3Y/TV8aGj-K6bI/AAAAAAAABbw/bcxwLFgLrkc/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" j6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cl5g2jltD3Y/TV8aGj-K6bI/AAAAAAAABbw/bcxwLFgLrkc/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 1/28/11<br />Number of species: 69</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 5 <em>flock circled over the beach</em><br />Canada Goose 3<br />Surf Scoter 50<br />Red-breasted Merganser 1<br />California Quail 12<br />Horned Grebe 1<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 10<br />Brandt's Cormorant 40<em> several displaying and nest building</em><br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Pelagic Cormorant 2<br />Brown Pelican 75<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Snowy Egret 6<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Black-bellied Plover 12<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Whimbrel (American) 20<br />Black Turnstone 20<br />Surfbird 25<br />Sanderling 35<br />Heermann's Gull 1<br />Mew Gull (American) 5<br />Ring-billed Gull 2<br />Western Gull 30<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5<br />California Gull 20<br />Herring Gull (American) 1<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 30<br />Common Raven 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 20<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15<br />Wrentit 3<br />Hermit Thrush 1<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 30<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 35<br />Townsend's Warbler 12<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 10<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />White-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 35<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7JbUnrsYjyg/TV8ahMX8j0I/AAAAAAAABb0/qAsppC_nrDw/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" j6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7JbUnrsYjyg/TV8ahMX8j0I/AAAAAAAABb0/qAsppC_nrDw/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 1/28/11<br />Number of species: 30</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 1 <em>swimming with Canada Geese</em><br />Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 4<br />Bufflehead 2<br />Common Goldeneye 2<br />Ruddy Duck 2<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Coot 7<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 6<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />White-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-4478364077184394154?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-3314877732788976752011-01-14T16:38:00.000-08:002011-02-18T16:58:05.674-08:00West Cliff Drive and vicinity, 1/14/11<span style="color: blue;">Location: Santa Cruz- Bethany, Mitchell's Cove, Lighthouse<br />Observation date: 1/14/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; walked up then down the coast from</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"> Woodrow, then made a circle in Lighthouse Field, then back </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">along Pelton to Bethany Curve</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Number of species: 60</span><br />Surf Scoter 50<br />Red-breasted Merganser 1<br />Red-throated Loon 2<br />Common Loon 2<br />Horned Grebe 1<br />Eared Grebe 3<br />Western Grebe 2<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 15<br />Brandt's Cormorant 30<br />Double-crested Cormorant 15<br />Pelagic Cormorant 8<br />Brown Pelican 100<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 1 <br />Black Turnstone 20<br />Surfbird 18<br />Sanderling 30<br />Rock Sandpiper 1 <em>W of Woodrow</em><br />Heermann's Gull 2<br />Mew Gull (American) 35 <br />Western Gull 100<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 50<br />California Gull 100<br />Herring Gull (American) 5<br />Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1 <br />Thayer's Gull 4 <br />Glaucous-winged Gull 75 <br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 6<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Hutton's Vireo 1 <br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 20<br />Common Raven 1<br />Barn Swallow 3 <em>flew by in early morning</em><br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 35<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12<br />Hermit Thrush 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 300<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 50<br />Townsend's Warbler 20<br />Common Yellowthroat 1 <br />California Towhee 10<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 <br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1 <br />White-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 40<br />Brewer's Blackbird 60<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 30 <br />House Sparrow 20<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-331487773278897675?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-54597644929891389902011-01-07T18:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T10:10:49.439-08:00San Lorenzo River , 1/7/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHe2FCS-MI/AAAAAAAABXk/ex_bfDx5IJs/s1600/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_at_San_Lorenzo_River_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHe2FCS-MI/AAAAAAAABXk/ex_bfDx5IJs/s320/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_at_San_Lorenzo_River_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHfGsQGXJI/AAAAAAAABXo/o_L0b8MU4nw/s1600/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_at_San_Lorenzo_River_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHfGsQGXJI/AAAAAAAABXo/o_L0b8MU4nw/s320/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_at_San_Lorenzo_River_2.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHfWocxK6I/AAAAAAAABXs/Zaysy0PdIoQ/s1600/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_near_San_Lorenzo_River_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHfWocxK6I/AAAAAAAABXs/Zaysy0PdIoQ/s320/Hammond%2527s_Flycatcher_near_San_Lorenzo_River_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><em>Hammond's Flycatcher, photos by Barry McLaughlin</em></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><em>See notes in list below for details of identification</em></span><br /><span style="color: #660000;">Location: San Lorenzo River<br />Observation date: 1/7/11<br />Notes: SCBC field trip- walked from San Lorenzo Park </span><br /><span style="color: #660000;"> S of Soquel to </span><span style="color: #660000;">check gull roost, then north to </span><br /><span style="color: #660000;"> pedestrian bridge just S of Hwy 1, </span><br /><span style="color: #660000;"> then back on W levee to San Lorenzo Park<br />Number of species: 50</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 3 <em>continuing trio</em><br />Mallard 150<br />Bufflehead 4<br />Common Goldeneye 1<br />Common Merganser 3<br />Pied-billed Grebe 1<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />American Coot 35<br />Killdeer 1<br />Mew Gull (American) 40<br />Western Gull 30<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 20<br />California Gull 150<br />Herring Gull (American) 4<br />Thayer's Gull 1 adult<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 10<br />Glaucous Gull 1 <em>continuing first cycle </em><br />Rock Pigeon 25<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 3<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Hammond's Flycatcher 1 <em>in willows across from San Lorenzo </em><br /><em> Park; </em><em>well studied, close views and photographed; (very</em><br /><em> long primary projection; tiny, narrow bill with mostly or </em><br /><em> all-dark </em><em>lower mandible; dark gray face contrasting with </em><br /><em> olive-green </em><em>on the rest of upperparts; gray throat; large </em><br /><em> headed </em><em>proportions; eye-ring contrasted with dark face; </em><br /><em> rather </em><em>deep </em><em>yellow on belly; "vested" look to the </em><br /><em> underparts; </em><em>notched tail, </em><em>flicked upwards; did not </em><br /><em> vocalize </em><em>during observation)</em><br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 20<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 20<br />House Wren 1 <em>on levee N of Water Street</em><br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />American Robin 3<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 30<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 20<br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />California Towhee 7<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 5<br />White-crowned Sparrow 40<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />House Finch 35<br />Lesser Goldfinch 5<br />American Goldfinch 15<br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5459764492989138990?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-3676111667678525442010-12-30T18:54:00.000-08:002011-01-15T09:41:53.066-08:00Antonelli Pond and vicinity , 12/30/10<em><span style="color: red;">This field trip also visited Natural Bridges, the Terrace Point </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: red;">fields, </span></em><em><span style="color: red;">and Younger Lagoon</span></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWSifAv2I/AAAAAAAABXc/PYXsfQ-yorg/s1600/IMG_2383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWSifAv2I/AAAAAAAABXc/PYXsfQ-yorg/s320/IMG_2383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium 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none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWqubLkmI/AAAAAAAABXg/81fSGvzekI8/s1600/IMG_2377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWqubLkmI/AAAAAAAABXg/81fSGvzekI8/s320/IMG_2377.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #990000;">Orchard Oriole at Natural Bridges;</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #990000;">photos by Wendy Naruo</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 12/30/10<br />Notes: including Homeless Garden and N part of<br />Terrace Point field<br />Number of species: 47</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Mallard 4<br />Bufflehead 2<br />Ruddy Duck 3<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Great Egret 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4<br />American Coot 20<br />Killdeer 1<br />Western Gull 1<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Say's Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 1<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />Hermit Thrush 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 8<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 7<br />White-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 30<br />American Goldfinch 5</div>This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 12/30/10<br />Number of species: 43</span><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Surf Scoter 30<br />White-winged Scoter (North American) 3 <em>flying up the coast</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-breasted Merganser 1<br />Red-throated Loon 1<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 1<br />Brown Pelican 5<br />Brandt's Cormorant 5<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Mew Gull (American) 2<br />Western Gull 15<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 <br />Hairy Woodpecker 1 <br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 20<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />House Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8<br />Hermit Thrush 5<br />Wrentit 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 25<br />Townsend's Warbler 8<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Orchard Oriole 1<em> in berry vines near Butterfly boardwalk, </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em> then in eucalyptus above (viewed from service road); </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em> calling; </em><em>photographed; first reported in the area on 12/16</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><span style="color: red;"></span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red;">Location: Terrace Pt.<br />Observation date: 12/30/10<br />Number of species: 21</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Great Egret 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />gull sp. 25<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />American Crow 5<br />Bushtit 25<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2<br />California Towhee 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: lime;">Location: Younger Lagoon<br />Observation date: 12/30/10<br />Number of species: 22</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Mallard 6<br />Cinnamon Teal 1<br />Green-winged Teal (American) 3<br />Bufflehead 3<br />California Quail 5<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />Marsh Wren 2<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />California Thrasher 2<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 1<br />Fox Sparrow 1<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWDUKFyjI/AAAAAAAABXY/vm3VZ9P6r1g/s1600/IMG_2385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWqubLkmI/AAAAAAAABXg/81fSGvzekI8/s1600/IMG_2377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWDUKFyjI/AAAAAAAABXY/vm3VZ9P6r1g/s1600/IMG_2385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TTHWDUKFyjI/AAAAAAAABXY/vm3VZ9P6r1g/s320/IMG_2385.JPG" width="204" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-367611166767852544?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-13176617873512031052010-12-17T15:54:00.000-08:002010-12-30T19:23:57.944-08:00Fwd: eBird Report - Natural Bridges SB , 12/17/10<span style="color: blue;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 12/17/10<br />Number of species: 60</span><br />Cackling Goose 1<br />Canada Goose 3<br />Mallard 70<br />Surf Scoter 100<br />Pacific Loon 1<br />Common Loon 1<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 20<br />Brown Pelican 15<br />Brandt's Cormorant 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Snowy Egret 9<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 3<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Whimbrel (American) 12<br />Black Turnstone 2<br />Heermann's Gull 12<br />Mew Gull (American) 7<br />Ring-billed Gull 3<br />Western Gull 20<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5<br />California Gull 35<br />Herring Gull (American) 1<br />Thayer's Gull 2<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Mourning Dove 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 7<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 15<br />Bewick's Wren 7<br />House Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Hermit Thrush 5<br />Wrentit 2<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 5<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 20<br />Townsend's Warbler 8<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 8<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 3<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 15<br />House Finch 15<br />American Goldfinch 3<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 12/17/10<br />Number of species: 30</span><br />Common Goldeneye 2<br />Ruddy Duck 6<br />California Quail 3<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Great Egret 1<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />American Coot 40<br />Rock Pigeon 30<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 5<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />California Towhee 2<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1317661787351203105?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-72127425573264313892010-12-10T15:52:00.000-08:002010-12-30T19:07:27.264-08:00Schwan Lake area , 12/10/10<span style="color: black;"><em><strong>A damp day of birds and mushrooms</strong></em></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1F21gKpYI/AAAAAAAABWA/dxFYJS8EeGA/s1600/Dec_10%252C_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1F21gKpYI/AAAAAAAABWA/dxFYJS8EeGA/s320/Dec_10%252C_2010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Some birds from the day, photos by Wendy Naruo</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click on image for a larger view</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Location: Schwan Lake area<br />Observation date: 12/10/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; thick fog most of the morning suppressed <br />bird activity and made it difficult to see birds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Number of species: 52</span></div>Mallard 10<br />Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 2 pair<br />American Coot 5<br />Mew Gull (American) 2<br />Western Gull 1<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1 <em>heard only</em><br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2 <em>one with an odd reddish wash </em><br /><em> on throat and upper breast</em><br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 5<br />Bushtit 40<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>Live Oak St., in palm tree</em><br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10 <br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15<br />Hermit Thrush 10<br />American Robin 7<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 15<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15 <br />Townsend's Warbler 12<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 15<br />Fox Sparrow 3<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 30<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 5<br />House Finch 15<br />Lesser Goldfinch 3<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1HZxvH0CI/AAAAAAAABWE/GLk3WgUUX0U/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1HZxvH0CI/AAAAAAAABWE/GLk3WgUUX0U/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1HsIYO6NI/AAAAAAAABWI/XxiRJeQjlAA/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1HsIYO6NI/AAAAAAAABWI/XxiRJeQjlAA/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1H-ducsnI/AAAAAAAABWM/PUEMK7bEnHc/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1H-ducsnI/AAAAAAAABWM/PUEMK7bEnHc/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7212742557326431389?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-24346872514431815582010-12-04T15:51:00.000-08:002010-12-30T18:43:31.291-08:00Pogonip, 12/4/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1Abco3CsI/AAAAAAAABV4/rt8t1FHR1b8/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1Abco3CsI/AAAAAAAABV4/rt8t1FHR1b8/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1AuqS_mRI/AAAAAAAABV8/oeNBssjqOnI/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TR1AuqS_mRI/AAAAAAAABV8/oeNBssjqOnI/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: lime;">Location: Pogonip Open Space Preserve<br />Observation date: 12/4/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; very quiet early, but more activity later; <br />periodic rain showers<br />Number of species: 47</span><br />White-tailed Kite 2<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 1 <em>flew over</em><br />California Gull 5 <em>flew over</em><br />gull sp. 10 <em>flew over</em><br />Mourning Dove 6<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Acorn Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 3<br />Steller's Jay 7<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />Common Raven 3<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 85 <em>including 70+ streaming across </em><br /><em> the trail in one huge extended flcck on Spring Trail </em><br /><em> between Spring Box and Fern Trails</em>Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Brown Creeper 15<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 1 <em>near Spring Street entrance</em><br />Winter Wren (Western) 2<br />Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 <em>Rincon Trail</em><br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20<br />Hermit Thrush 20<br />American Robin 10<br />Varied Thrush 4 <br />Wrentit 1 <em>Spring Box Trail</em><br />European Starling 10 <br />Cedar Waxwing 80 <em>large flock</em><br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2<br />Townsend's Warbler 12<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 6<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20<br />Western Meadowlark 5 <em>near UCSC border</em><br />Purple Finch (Western) 10<br />House Finch 40<br />Pine Siskin 1<br />Lesser Goldfinch 3<br />American Goldfinch 100 <br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2434687251443181558?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-67999335439047425852010-11-28T12:32:00.000-08:002010-12-05T12:57:25.143-08:00Henry Cowell State Park, 11/28/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPv7m05RoeI/AAAAAAAABRA/td9GtMtBtUQ/s1600/a1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPv7m05RoeI/AAAAAAAABRA/td9GtMtBtUQ/s400/a1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPv7xqaj2zI/AAAAAAAABRE/TAzKtOGkpyQ/s1600/a3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPv7xqaj2zI/AAAAAAAABRE/TAzKtOGkpyQ/s400/a3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">above: Varied Thrush</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> below: Pileated Woodpecker contemplates its next meal--madrone berries</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">photos by David Sidle</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: lime;">Location: Henry Cowell SP- eastern</span><br /><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color: lime;">Observation date: 11/28/10</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Notes: Campground and walk to observation deck</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Number of species: 26</span><br />gull sp. 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Acorn Woodpecker 8<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Pileated Woodpecker 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay 2<br />American Crow 1<br />Common Raven 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 14<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 12<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 12<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Winter Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />American Robin 1<br />Varied Thrush 4<br />Wrentit 1<br />Cedar Waxwing 15<br />Townsend's Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 11<br />Purple Finch 1<br /><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/california/" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/california/</a>)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6799933543904742585?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-20465321142052518862010-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:002010-11-27T11:16:09.917-08:00Neary Lagoon , 11/26/10<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFVnbsdssI/AAAAAAAABMY/K1dEZ0jsW0c/s1600/SWSP+1%252C+11-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFVnbsdssI/AAAAAAAABMY/K1dEZ0jsW0c/s320/SWSP+1%252C+11-26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFV-0vHydI/AAAAAAAABMc/sntdWDwmI9w/s1600/SWSP+2%252C+11-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFV-0vHydI/AAAAAAAABMc/sntdWDwmI9w/s320/SWSP+2%252C+11-26.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWYlYyerI/AAAAAAAABMg/YUVe7ZjdgIk/s1600/PAWA%252C+11-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWYlYyerI/AAAAAAAABMg/YUVe7ZjdgIk/s320/PAWA%252C+11-26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">Swamp Sparrow (top and center) and Palm Warbler (below); </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">Photos by David Sidle; click on image for larger view</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red;">Location: Neary Lagoon<br />Observation date: 11/26/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 56</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wood Duck 12<br />Mallard 30<br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 2<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Merlin 1 </div>American Coot 35<br />Western Gull 5<br />California Gull 15<br />gull sp. 20 <em>various gulls flying over</em><br />Rock Pigeon 80<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Steller's Jay 7 <em>most in Laurel Creek</em><br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 20<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>Laurel Creek</em><br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8<br />Hermit Thrush 12<br />American Robin 7<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 30<br />American Pipit 1 flew over<br />Cedar Waxwing 15<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 3<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 25<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 <em>Laurel Creek; brief glimpses</em> <br />Townsend's Warbler 12<br />Palm Warbler (Western) 1 <br />Common Yellowthroat 5<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 8<br />Fox Sparrow 3<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 3<br />Swamp Sparrow 1 <em>near Blackburn Street </em><br />White-crowned Sparrow 30<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 8<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 3<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Purple Finch (Western) 12<br />House Finch 30<br />Lesser Goldfinch 3<br />American Goldfinch 60 <br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWkfG2B-I/AAAAAAAABMk/3mtm5885x8Y/s1600/RBNU.+11-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWkfG2B-I/AAAAAAAABMk/3mtm5885x8Y/s320/RBNU.+11-26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWvyPHYSI/AAAAAAAABMo/m5miMiQiaTw/s1600/SSHA%252C+11-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TPFWvyPHYSI/AAAAAAAABMo/m5miMiQiaTw/s320/SSHA%252C+11-26.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-small;">Red-breasted Nuthatch and Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-small;">photos by David Sidle</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2046532114205251886?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-51814132013080091472010-11-19T16:27:00.000-08:002010-11-27T10:15:53.127-08:00Natural Bridges and vicinity , 11/19/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TOn5t2DEffI/AAAAAAAABME/2dvRc2Y5Xaw/s1600/2010-11-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TOn5t2DEffI/AAAAAAAABME/2dvRc2Y5Xaw/s320/2010-11-19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Scenes from the day, photos by Wendy Naruo</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>(click on image for a larger view)</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Species pictured include: Red-shouldered Hawk, Merlin (Prairie),</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Western Scrub-Jay, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Sanderling, Whimbrel, Mew Gull, Heerman's Gull, Golden-crowned Sparrow,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Fox Sparrow, Wrentit, Brewer's Sparrow, Greater White-fronted Goose, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Northern Flicker, Cooper's Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brewer's Blackbird,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Anna's Hummingbird, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Burrowing Owl, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>California Thrasher, Black Oystercatcher, Surfbird, Common Loon, Say's Phoebe,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Surf Scoter, Pacific Loon, Red-throated Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Green Heron,</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Glaucous-winged Gull, Western X Glaucous-winged Gull hybrid, Western Gull, </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Black Turnstone, Downy Woodpecker</em></span></div><strong><em><span style="color: blue;">Bird Lists</span></em></strong><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Santa Cruz-Lower Westside</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Observation date: 11/19/10</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Notes: SCBC field trip; includes Natural Bridges, Antonelli</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Pond/Homeless Garden Area, and vicinity of Natural Bridges</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Drive N to railroad tracks and in weedy lots to the east</span><br />Number of species: 89<br />Greater White-fronted Goose 1 <em>N. Bridges butterfly pond</em><br />Snow Goose 1 <em>flew over Antonelli Pond toward SW</em><br />American Wigeon 3 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />Mallard 25 <br />Ring-necked Duck 2 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />Surf Scoter 100 <em>off Natural Bridges Beach</em><br />Ruddy Duck 2 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />California Quail 35<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Brown Pelican 20<br />Brandt's Cormorant 15<br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Green Heron 1 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />American Kestrel 4 all in view at once at Antonelli Pond<br />Merlin (Prairie) 1 <em>Natural Bridges</em><br />Virginia Rail 1 <em>called atAntonelli Pond</em><br />American Coot 40<br />Black-bellied Plover 12<br />Killdeer 4<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Greater Yellowlegs 1 <em>Moore Creek Lagoon </em><br />Whimbrel (American) 14<br />Long-billed Curlew 1 <em>heard calling </em><br />Marbled Godwit 1 <br />Black Turnstone 4<br />Sanderling 80<br />Heermann's Gull 40<br />Mew Gull (American) 10<br />Ring-billed Gull 3<br />Western Gull 20<br />California Gull 25<br />Rock Pigeon 75<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 <em>Natural Bridges</em><br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 3<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Black Phoebe 12<br />Say's Phoebe 2 <br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 12<br />American Crow 30<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 40<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 20<br />Brown Creeper 1 <em>Antonelli Pond</em><br />Bewick's Wren 12<br />House Wren 6 <em>5 at Natural Bridges, 1at Antonelli</em><br />Winter Wren (Western) 1 <em>"marker #6" at N. Bridges</em><br />Marsh Wren 2 <em>Antonelli</em><br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15<br />Hermit Thrush 15<br />American Robin 3<br />Wrentit 10 <em>including 6 close together at N. Bridges</em><br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 50<br />Cedar Waxwing 5<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 35<br />Townsend's Warbler 15<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 20<br />Brewer's Sparrow 1 <em>E of Natural Bridges Dr.</em><br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 8<br />Song Sparrow 12<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 6<br />White-crowned Sparrow 100<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 75<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 25<br />Brewer's Blackbird 50<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 40<br />Pine Siskin 1 <br />Lesser Goldfinch 3<br />American Goldfinch 15<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">Location: Younger Lagoon</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">Observation date: 11/19/10</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">Notes: SCBC field trip</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">Number of species: 20</span><br />Northern Pintail 6<br />Bufflehead 3<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />American Coot 2<br />Burrowing Owl 1 <br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />House Wren 1<br />Marsh Wren 3<br />Wrentit 1<br />California Thrasher 2<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 1<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />House Finch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: purple;">Location: Terrace Pt.</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">Observation date: 11/19/10</span><br /><span style="color: purple;">Number of species: 31</span><br />Surf Scoter 35<br />Red-throated Loon 10<br />Pacific Loon 50<br />Common Loon 5<br />loon sp. 300 <em>large numbers of migrating loons</em><br />Pied-billed Grebe 1 <em>swimming on the ocean </em><br />Eared Grebe 1<br />Western/Clark's Grebe 8<br />Brown Pelican 5<br />Brandt's Cormorant 15<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Whimbrel (American) 1<br />Black Turnstone 4<br />Surfbird 38<br />Red Phalarope 1 <em>swimming off the overlook</em><br />Heermann's Gull 10<br />Western Gull 25<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3<br />California Gull 15<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 3<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />European Starling 10<br />California Towhee 2<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5181413201308009147?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-53109200035511480832010-11-12T20:16:00.000-08:002010-11-17T20:39:36.484-08:00Arana Gulch, 11/12/10<span style="color: #990000;">Location: Arana Gulch Open Space<br />Observation date: 11/12/10<br />Number of species: 46</span><br />Pied-billed Grebe 1 <em>N end of harbor</em><br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 1 <em>N end of harbor</em><br />gull sp. 15 <em>flying over</em><br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 7<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>heard only</em><br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7<br />Hermit Thrush 5<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 10<br />European Starling 20<br />Cedar Waxwing 25<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1 <em>heard calling and glimpsed</em><br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 20<br />Townsend's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 15<br />Fox Sparrow 5 <em>heard only</em><br />Song Sparrow 7<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 5<br />White-throated Sparrow 1 <br />White-crowned Sparrow 40<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Dark-eyed Junco 1 <em>possible Slate-colored, but not seen well</em> <br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Purple Finch 2<br />House Finch 40<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5310920003551148083?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-2161793053754045102010-11-05T20:16:00.000-07:002010-11-17T20:29:15.383-08:00West Cliff Drive area , 11/5/10<em><span style="color: red;">Areas covered included the central portion of West Cliff Drive, </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: red;">Lighthouse Field State Beach, and Bethany Curve Park</span></em><br /><span style="color: blue;">Observation date: 11/5/10<br />Number of species: 57</span><br />Surf Scoter 50 <em>mostly in Mitchell's Cove area</em><br />loon sp. 5 <em>flying well offshore</em><br />Eared Grebe 2<br />Western Grebe 30<br />Brown Pelican 70<br />Brandt's Cormorant 35<br />Double-crested Cormorant 12<br />Pelagic Cormorant 8<br />Great Egret 1<br />Snowy Egret 2<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 3<br />Whimbrel (American) 1<br />Black Turnstone 14<br />Surfbird 2<br />Heermann's Gull 15<br />Mew Gull (American) 20<br />Western Gull 30<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1<br />California Gull 15<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1<br />Elegant Tern 10 <em>flying close to shore E of Columbia near mid-day</em><br />Rock Pigeon 30<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 25<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 <em>Lighthouse Field, in cypress</em><br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 15<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 20<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>Bethany Curve Park near West Cliff</em><br />Pygmy Nuthatch 12<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />Hermit Thrush 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 35<br />Cedar Waxwing 20<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1 <em>Bethany Curve near Plateau</em><br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 25<br />Townsend's Warbler 8<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 8<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />White-crowned Sparrow 40<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Western Meadowlark 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 30<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 25<br />American Goldfinch 20<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-216179305375404510?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-18820305329768441802010-10-31T07:55:00.000-07:002010-11-07T10:20:40.118-08:00Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park , 10/31/10<span style="color: red;">Location: Henry Cowell, entrance area</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Observation date: 10/31/10</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Notes: Santa Cruz Bird Club trip</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Number of species: 32</span><br />Mallard 19<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 2<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Belted Kingfisher 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 5<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 4<br />Steller's Jay 8<br />Western Scrub-Jay 1<br />American Crow 3<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Brown Creeper 13<br />Bewick's Wren 5<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Hermit Thrush 6<br />European Starling 8<br />Townsend's Warbler 9<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 4<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />American Goldfinch 30<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Henry Cowell Redwoods SP Upper<br />Observation date: 10/31/10<br />Number of species: 26</span><br />gull sp. 31<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Acorn Woodpecker 5<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Hutton's Vireo 3<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay 1<br />Common Raven 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 30<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 1<br />Brown Creeper 2<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Hermit Thrush 8<br /> American Robin 1<br />Varied Thrush 1<br />Wrentit 2<br />Townsend's Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 1<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 25<br />Purple Finch 1<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1882030532976844180?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-32044877903605212302010-10-29T13:06:00.000-07:002010-11-05T22:20:05.562-07:00Antonelli Pond and Vicinity , 10/29/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTfxpp3jbI/AAAAAAAABJE/3qbcO0mmKDc/s1600/Oct_30,_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTfxpp3jbI/AAAAAAAABJE/3qbcO0mmKDc/s400/Oct_30,_2010.jpg" width="400" /></em></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Scenes from the day, photographed by Wendy Naruo </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(click on image for a larger view)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Species included: Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>White-tailed Kite, Northern Harrier,</em><em>Ruby-crowned Kinglet, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Bushtit, Black Turnstone,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Golden-crowned Sparrow, Black Oystecatcher, Great Egret, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Brewer's Blackbird, </em><em>Northern Flicker, Surfbird,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> Killdeer, Merlin, Lincoln's Sparrow,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Bewick's Wren, Sanderling</em></div><span style="color: red;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 10/29/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip, including Homeless Garden and </span><br /><span style="color: red;">some adjacent areas<br />Number of species: 57</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 1 <em>continuing immature</em><br />Mallard 15<br />Green-winged Teal (American) 2 <br />Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 3<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 2<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Merlin (Taiga) 1<br />Virginia Rail 1<br />American Coot 40<br />California Gull 1<br />gull sp. 10 flew high over<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1 <em>Natural Bridges side of street</em><br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Say's Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 3<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 6<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />House Wren 2<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7<br />Hermit Thrush 8<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 10<br />American Pipit 1<br />Cedar Waxwing 15<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 4<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 8<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 2<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 4<br />White-crowned Sparrow 40<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 25<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Western Meadowlark 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 15<br />Pine Siskin 1<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 4<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Terrace Pt.<br />Observation date: 10/29/10<br />Notes: SCBC FIeld Trip; large numbers of shorebirds flying </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">to/from De Anza rocky shore</span><br />Number of species: 57<br />Surf Scoter 1<br />loon sp. 5 <em>flying by far offshore</em><br />Eared Grebe 1<br />Western Grebe 1<br />Brown Pelican 15<br />Brandt's Cormorant 15<br />Double-crested Cormorant 7<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 1<br />White-tailed Kite 2<br />Northern Harrier 1 <br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />Black-bellied Plover 4<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Whimbrel (American) 1<br />Black Turnstone 25<br />Surfbird 20<br />Sanderling 250<br />Bonaparte's Gull 1 <em>1st cycle</em><br />Heermann's Gull 5<br />Western Gull 50<br />California Gull 30<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1<br />Sterna sp. 5 <em>far ofshore</em><br />Rock Pigeon 100 <em>over fields to west</em><br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Say's Phoebe 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 25<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2<br />Hermit Thrush 3<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 50<br />American Pipit 2 <em>flew over</em><br />Cedar Waxwing 35 <em>flock flew over field</em><br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 5<br />Townsend's Warbler 1 <em>cypresses near NOAA building</em><br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 10<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 4<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 8<br />White-crowned Sparrow 25<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 30<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Western Meadowlark 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 35<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1 <em>flew over</em><br />House Finch 40<br />American Goldfinch 10<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Younger Lagoon<br />Observation date: 10/29/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 33</span><br />Northern Pintail 3<br />Green-winged Teal (American) 3<br />California Quail 1 <em>calling across the lagoon</em><br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Killdeer 4<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />House Wren 1<br />Marsh Wren 2<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Hermit Thrush 1<br />Wrentit 2<br />California Thrasher 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2<br />Palm Warbler (Western) 1 <em>flew toward Seymour Center</em><br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 2<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 5<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1 <br />House Finch 40 large flock<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3204487790360521230?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-35858378222604697022010-10-22T13:04:00.000-07:002010-11-05T21:44:53.792-07:00San Lorenzo River , 10/22/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTa9K0dYvI/AAAAAAAABI8/UbVdIEwwuhA/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTa9K0dYvI/AAAAAAAABI8/UbVdIEwwuhA/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTbNMQvYXI/AAAAAAAABJA/Zrk5-k5RfZY/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TNTbNMQvYXI/AAAAAAAABJA/Zrk5-k5RfZY/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: red;">Gulls from San Lorenzo Park</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: red;">above: adult Western X Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: red;">below: 1st-cycle California Gull</span></em></div><span style="color: lime;">Location: San Lorenzo River<br />Observation date: 10/22/10<br />Number of species: 54</span><br />Mallard 60<br />Bufflehead 1<br />Common Merganser 4<br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 20<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 1<br />Snowy Egret 2<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1<br />American Coot 50<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Western Gull 40<br />Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2<br />California Gull 35<br />Herring Gull (American) 1<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1<br />Rock Pigeon 150<br />Mourning Dove 6<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Belted Kingfisher 1 <em>just N of Riverside</em><br />Downy Woodpecker 1<em> Ocean View Park</em><br />Black Phoebe 12<br />Steller's Jay 4 <em>Ocean View Park</em><br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 12<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 30<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>Ocean View Park</em><br />Brown Creeper 1<em> Ocean View Park</em><br />Bewick's Wren 1 <em>Branciforte Dip</em><br />House Wren 1 <em>S of Soquel Ave</em>.<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7<br />Hermit Thrush 1 <em>Branciforte Dip area</em><br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 8<br />European Starling 40<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 40<br />Townsend's Warbler 8<br />Common Yellowthroat 5<br />Wilson's Warbler 1 <em>S of Soquel Ave.; late</em><br />California Towhee 8<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 5<br />White-crowned Sparrow 75<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 4 <em>San Lorenzo Park</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />House Finch 30<br />American Goldfinch 20<br />House Sparrow 15<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3585837822260469702?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-88307258635548399072010-10-16T09:39:00.000-07:002010-10-17T10:37:09.855-07:00Lower UCSC Campus , 10/16/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLstzV73QlI/AAAAAAAABG4/LMq6QrVfBwA/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLstzV73QlI/AAAAAAAABG4/LMq6QrVfBwA/s400/Image.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Golden Eagle, photo by Barry McLaughlin</em></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">Location: Lower UCSC<br />Observation date: 10/16/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; dense fog early, but bird </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">activity gradually picked up as the fog lightened and finally </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">cleared to partly cloudy skies<br />Number of species: 56</span><br />California Quail 30<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 <em>N of the arboretum; one caught </em><br /><em> one of the Palm Warblers</em><br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <em>SE of the Farm</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Golden Eagle 2 <em>pair around area of Upper Quarry and </em><br /><em> East Meadow</em><br />American Kestrel 1 <em>maybe two</em><br />Peregrine Falcon 1 <em>soaring over Moore Creek/Great Meadow</em><br /><em> area, then later presumably the same bird over </em><br /><em> the East Meadow</em><br />California Gull 10 <em>flew over</em><br />gull sp. 20 <em>flying in the distance</em><br />Band-tailed Pigeon 3<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 <em>near Upper Quarry</em><br />Anna's Hummingbird 50<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Say's Phoebe 2<br />Steller's Jay 8<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 15<br />American Crow 30 <em>mostly around the Farm; </em><br /><em> raiding a walnut tree</em><br />Common Raven 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Bushtit 50<br />Brown Creeper 2 <em>Jordan Gulch</em><br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />House Wren 1 NE of the Farm<br />Winter Wren (Western) 1 <em>Jorday Gulch</em><br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10<br />Western Bluebird 6 <em>flock N of Arboretum and on </em><br /><em> hill/fenceline area tothe N; </em><br /><em> associating with Yellow-rumped Warblers; </em><br /><em> present around 12:00 noon, but</em><br /><em> not earlier in the morning</em><br />Hermit Thrush 1<br />American Robin 12<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 10<br />American Pipit 1 <em>flew over East Meadow, calling</em><br />Cedar Waxwing 80 <em>estimate of several flocks flying around</em><br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 20<br />Townsend's Warbler 4<br />Palm Warbler (Western) 2 <em>2 at the Farm, then one flew in to <br /> area N of Arboretum (presumed to be one</em><br /><em> of the birds from the Farm, but may have</em><br /><em> a different one); that one was caught and </em><br /><em> carried off by a Sharp-shinned Hawk!</em><br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 20<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 8 <em>East Meadow area</em><br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2 <em>heard calling N of Farm</em><br />White-crowned Sparrow 75<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 60<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 60<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Western Meadowlark 70 <em>rough estimate; around noon </em><br /><em> a large flock flew from East </em><br /><em> Meadow area over the<br /> Lower Quarry, many landing in </em><br /><em> trees and bushes in this area</em><br />Brewer's Blackbird 35<br />Purple Finch (Western) 5<br />House Finch 20<br />Pine Siskin 2<br />Lesser Goldfinch 8<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLsugGSXVFI/AAAAAAAABG8/UAzwV6GajwU/s1600/image+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLsugGSXVFI/AAAAAAAABG8/UAzwV6GajwU/s400/image+2.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sharp-shinned Hawk (juv.), photo by Barry McLaughlin</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8830725863554839907?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-68019978632215682192010-10-08T20:50:00.000-07:002010-10-13T20:13:16.509-07:00Natural Bridges area , 10/8/10<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLZxa0lE32I/AAAAAAAABG0/sl6gTygLIgs/s1600/Oct_8,_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLZxa0lE32I/AAAAAAAABG0/sl6gTygLIgs/s400/Oct_8,_2010.jpg" width="400" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Some birds from the day, photographed by Wendy Naruo (click on photo for a larger view); Species pictured include: White-tailed Kite, Northern Flicker, Northern Harrier, Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Heerman's Gull, California Gull and Western Gull, Black Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, Killdeer, White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Western Scrub-Jay, Townsend's Warbler, California Thrasher, Common Yellowthroat, Swainson's Thrush, Black Turnstone</em></div><span style="color: red;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 10/8/10<br />Number of species: 69</span><br />Mallard 8<br />Brown Pelican 5<br />Brandt's Cormorant 30<br />Double-crested Cormorant 10<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 2<br />Snowy Egret 4<br />Green Heron 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 16 <em>rocks off De Anza</em><br />Killdeer 7<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Black Turnstone 10<br />Sanderling 25<br />Heermann's Gull 20<br />Western Gull 20<br />California Gull 10<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 12<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 3<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 12<br />American Crow 15<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 <em>heard only</em><br />Pygmy Nuthatch 25<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 2<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5<br />Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 1 <em>good study; fairly late</em><br />Hermit Thrush 5<br />American Robin 4<br />Wrentit 4<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />California Thrasher 2 <em>one in full song</em><br />European Starling 20<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2<br />Townsend's Warbler 10<br />Wilson's Warbler 1<br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 10<br />Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1 <br />White-crowned Sparrow 15<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 8<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Western Tanager 1 <br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 20<br />Pine Siskin 2 flying over<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />American Goldfinch 10<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 10/8/10<br />Number of species: 44</span><br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />White-tailed Kite 2<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />American Kestrel 1<br />American Coot 20<br />Killdeer 1<br />Rock Pigeon 50<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Northern Flicker (intergrade) 1 <em>yellow wing linings</em><br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 6<br />House Wren 1<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 4<br />European Starling 30<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 4<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 1<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />White-crowned Sparrow 20<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 25<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />House Finch 7<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6801997863221568219?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-50537129593594790142010-10-03T20:48:00.000-07:002010-10-11T22:20:20.113-07:00Wilder Ranch 10/3/10<em><span style="color: orange;">A day with good weather and a nice variety of birds, </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: orange;">highlighted by two Broad-winged Hawks.</span></em><br /><span style="color: lime;">Subject: eBird Report - Wilder Ranch SP- eastern part, inland , 10/3/10</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Wilder Ranch SP- eastern part, inland<br />Observation date: 10/3/10</span><span style="color: lime;">Notes: SCBC field trip led by Kathy Kuyper<br />Number of species: 62</span><br />California Quail 15 <br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Turkey Vulture 4<br />White-tailed Kite 2 <br />Northern Harrier 2<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk 1 <br />Broad-winged Hawk 2 <em>soaring over ranch complex</em><br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 6<br />American Kestrel 3<br />Merlin (Taiga) 1<br />Peregrine Falcon 1 <em>two sightings, so maybe two birds</em><br />Killdeer 8<br />Western Gull 100 <em>many gulls flying over</em><br />California Gull 150 <em>many gulls flying over</em><br />Rock Pigeon 150<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 5<br />Mourning Dove 7<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Acorn Woodpecker 2 <br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Say's Phoebe 3<br />Hutton's Vireo 3<br />Steller's Jay 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 15<br />American Crow 25 <br />Common Raven 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 30<br />Bushtit 40<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />House Wren 1<br />Winter Wren (Western) 1<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Hermit Thrush 1 <em>Cowboy Loop Trail in coffeeberry</em><br />American Robin 5<br />Wrentit 3<br />European Starling 100<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 10<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 2 <br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 7<br />White-crowned Sparrow 80<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20<br />Red-winged Blackbird 1 <em>female of a different subspecies</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 100<br />Tricolored Blackbird 12<br />Western Meadowlark 4<br />Brewer's Blackbird 150<br />Purple Finch (Western) 5<br />House Finch 25<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 20<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5053712959359479014?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-34069690380801256292010-10-01T20:48:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:56:52.159-07:00San Lorenzo River , 10/1/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPoIgNUCoI/AAAAAAAABGY/ZEz0jzQJodM/s1600/Oct_2,_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPoIgNUCoI/AAAAAAAABGY/ZEz0jzQJodM/s400/Oct_2,_2010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Scenes from the day by Wendy Naruo; click for a larger view</em></div><span style="color: red;">Location: San Lorenzo River<br />Observation date: 10/1/10<br />Number of species: 51</span><br />Mallard 30<br />Northern Shoveler 1 <em>N of Hwy 1</em><br />Bufflehead 1 <em>N of Hwy 1; very early</em><br />Common Merganser 1<br />Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1 <em>N of Hwy 1</em><br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1 <br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 <br />Turkey Vulture 4 <em>migrant group flew over</em><br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />American Coot 6<br />Western Gull 25<br />California Gull 10<br />Rock Pigeon 80<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 10 <br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 6<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 7<br />Western Wood-Pewee 1 <em>between Hwy 1 and WaterSt.; late</em><br />Black Phoebe 15 <em>very numerous</em><br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8<br />American Crow 15<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 5<br />Bushtit 40<br />Brown Creeper 1 <em>redwoods near court house</em><br />Bewick's Wren 1 N of Hwy 1<br />House Wren 4 <br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />European Starling 20<br />Yellow Warbler 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 5<br />Townsend's Warbler 4<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 1<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 40<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 7<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 15<br />Western Meadowlark 2 <em>N of Water St; perched on wires</em><br />Brewer's Blackbird 15<br />House Finch 40<br />Pine Siskin 2<em> N of Hwy 1; flying over</em><br />Lesser Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 20<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPodYkKhmI/AAAAAAAABGg/CO43onSmyQA/s1600/SCBC+10-1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPodYkKhmI/AAAAAAAABGg/CO43onSmyQA/s400/SCBC+10-1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Red-shouldered Hawk (above) contemplates birders (below); photos by David Sidle</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPoUcvwYpI/AAAAAAAABGc/OD2FHYxWbxk/s1600/SCBC+10-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="256" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TLPoUcvwYpI/AAAAAAAABGc/OD2FHYxWbxk/s320/SCBC+10-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3406969038080125629?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-57530155121175662712010-09-29T20:43:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:13:10.654-07:00Santa Cruz County North Coast , 9/29/10<span style="color: lime;">Location: Santa Cruz - Homeless Garden<br />Observation date: 9/29/10<br />Notes: Santa Cruz Bird Club trip; walked around and through part of </span><span style="color: lime;">garden, then along Shaffer Road; mostly clear, calm, mild<br />Number of species: 37</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 1 <em>flew low over fields and landed <br /> at ag. fields to west of garden</em><br />Mallard 3 <em>flying over</em><br />White-tailed Kite 2<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Killdeer 2<br />Long-billed Curlew 1 <em>flying up coast</em><br />Western Gull 75 <em>flying over</em><br />California Gull X <em>flying over, small number</em><br />Rock Pigeon 100<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 6<br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 25<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 <em>later than most</em><br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />California Thrasher 2<br />European Starling 20<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (orestera) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 5<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 3<br />Song Sparrow 6<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 70<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird 20<br />Western Meadowlark 6<br />Brewer's Blackbird 45<br />House Finch 45<br />Lesser Goldfinch <br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Location: Baldwin Creek Marsh and Beach<br />Observation date: 9/29/10<br />Notes: Santa Cruz Bird Club trip; walked down gulch on inland side <br />of RR tracks, then to beach on main path, through marsh area, and back <br />to parking lot; clear, calm, getting warm<br />Number of species: 52</span><br />Greater White-fronted Goose 2 <em>flying down coast</em><br />Canada Goose 3 <em>flew up coast</em><br />Mallard 10<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Brown Pelican 11<br />Brandt's Cormorant 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 6<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Northern Harrier 3<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Virginia Rail 5 <em>responded to recording</em><br />Sora 1 <em>responded to recording</em><br />Common Moorhen 1 <em>large pond near creek mouth</em><br />American Coot 17<br />Greater Yellowlegs 1 <em>flying over</em><br />Long-billed Dowitcher 15 <em>flock flying over</em><br />Western Gull 2000 <em>rough estimate</em><br />California Gull 800 <em>rough estimate</em><br />Herring Gull 1 <em>on beach</em><br />Elegant Tern 9<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3<br />Black Phoebe 6<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 9<br />Common Raven 7<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4<br />Bushtit 45 <br />Bewick's Wren 11<br />House Wren 5<br />Marsh Wren 7<br />American Pipit 2<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 7<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 4<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 2<br />Song Sparrow 22<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 1<br />White-crowned Sparrow 2<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 4<br />Red-winged Blackbird 20<br />Tricolored Blackbird 6 <br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Swanton Pond<br />Observation date: 9/29/10<br />Notes: Santa Cruz Bird Club trip; walked from berry farm around <br />pond and back, mostly clear, light wind, mild<br />Number of species: 25</span><br />Mallard 6<br />Ruddy Duck 3<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5<br />American Kestrel 1<br />American Coot 28<br />Killdeer 6<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Common Raven 6<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Marsh Wren 2<br />European Starling 65<br />Yellow Warbler 2<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 3<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />White-crowned Sparrow 3<br />White-crowned Sparrow (Nuttall's) 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird 120<br />Tricolored Blackbird 600 <em>90% males; foraging near pond</em><br />Western Meadowlark 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 75<br />blackbird sp. 500 <em>likely all or most Tricolored</em><br />House Finch 15<br />American Goldfinch 6<br />House Sparrow 3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5753015512117566271?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-6667986055682615592010-09-17T14:59:00.000-07:002010-09-28T13:13:39.194-07:00Neary Lagoon , 9/17/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJJXPTIVJI/AAAAAAAABCw/oqzBwc6QfdA/s1600/5006332479_1f3e550d3c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJJXPTIVJI/AAAAAAAABCw/oqzBwc6QfdA/s400/5006332479_1f3e550d3c_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Above: female Common Yellowthroat; below: adult Black-crowned Night-Heron</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> photos by David Sidle</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJJiL7aMvI/AAAAAAAABC0/RwHxBzpow8o/s1600/5006936684_8cb164106f_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJJiL7aMvI/AAAAAAAABC0/RwHxBzpow8o/s400/5006936684_8cb164106f_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Neary Lagoon<br />Observation date: 9/17/10<br />Number of species: 45</span><br />Wood Duck 14<br />Mallard 20<br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Green Heron 1 <em>outflow channel</em><br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 <em>Laurel Creek</em><br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Virginia Rail 1 <em>calling at S end</em><br />Killdeer 1<br />gull sp. 5 <em>flying over high</em><br />Rock Pigeon 35<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 7<br />Warbling Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 15<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 1<br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 40<br />Bewick's Wren 7<br />Marsh Wren 2<br />American Robin 8<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2<br />Yellow Warbler 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 2<br />Common Yellowthroat 8<br />Wilson's Warbler 2<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1<br />Western Tanager 1<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1 <em>heard calling</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 25<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 20<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJL8_M8aGI/AAAAAAAABC4/jV7qgfZf_Uo/s1600/5006977112_ee62b98b87_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TKJL8_M8aGI/AAAAAAAABC4/jV7qgfZf_Uo/s400/5006977112_ee62b98b87_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blue-eyed Darner, female; photo by David Sidle</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-666798605568261559?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-74304469066171792702010-09-10T17:54:00.000-07:002010-09-16T18:44:47.886-07:00Arana Gulch, 9/10/10<span style="color: #7f6000;">Location: Arana Gulch Open Space<br />Observation date: 9/10/10</span><br /><span style="color: #7f6000;">Number of species: 45</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Great Blue Heron 1 N end of harbor<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 N end of harbor<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 possibly two different birds<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Western Gull 10 harbor<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 7<br />Downy Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 1<br />Steller's Jay 10<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 15<br />American Crow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Oak Titmouse 5<br />Bushtit 35<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Brown Creeper 3<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />American Robin 15<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 12<br />Cedar Waxwing 4<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 3<br />Yellow Warbler 3<br />Townsend's Warbler 4<br />Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 15<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 3<br />Song Sparrow 7<br />White-crowned Sparrow (Puget Sound) 1 1st migrant this season<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20<br />Western Tanager 15 maybe a low estimate<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />House Finch 35<br />Pine Siskin 3<br />Lesser Goldfinch 7</span><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7430446906617179270?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-56544587395123026002010-09-03T17:52:00.000-07:002010-09-16T18:16:18.720-07:00Natural Bridges, 9/3/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TJK9MoOnLlI/AAAAAAAAA-c/bGW_og6CqTY/s1600/Sep_3,_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TJK9MoOnLlI/AAAAAAAAA-c/bGW_og6CqTY/s400/Sep_3,_2010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Some scenes from the day--photos by Wendy Naruo</em></div>This morning's Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip to Natural Bridges<br />found a good variety of birds, despite a foggy beginning. One <br />of the highlights came when we were at the West Cliff Drive <br />entrance, listening to ELEGANT TERNS "keerick" out in the <br />fog, and trying to see one. Then one of the terns came to us, <br />flying in over our heads, followed by an immature PARASITIC <br />JAEGER. A spectacular chase followed (see top center photo <br />in the collage above), the tern speeding around, making abrupt <br />twists and turns, and the jaeger following its every move, before <br />they moved back offshore and into the fog again. A couple of <br />Western Gulls were also involved in the chase, but had nowhere <br />near the maneuvering ability of the jaeger. Down on the beach <br />and at the Moore Creek Lagoon, we found a good variety of <br />shorebirds, including great views of a cooperative juv.<br />BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (bottom center in the above collage). <br />There were also 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, <br />2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, Westerns and Leasts, Sanderlings <br />and Black Turnstones, a Greater Yellowlegs, etc. Three <br />nicely-patterned juv. BLACK-CROWNEDNIGHT-HERONS <br />also flew in and foraged by the lagoon (among 5 members of<br />the heron family for the morning.) A good variety of the regular<br />passerine migrants, a swarm of Selasphorus and Anna's <br />Hummingbirds, and good views of several species of raptors<br /> were among the other highlights of the morning.<br /><em><strong><span style="color: red;">Bird List</span></strong></em><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 9/3/10<br />Number of species: 66</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Mallard 4<br />Brown Pelican 15<br />Brandt's Cormorant 30<br />Double-crested Cormorant 8<br />Pelagic Cormorant 1<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Great Egret 1</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Snowy Egret 3<br />Green Heron 1<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 4</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Cooper's Hawk 1</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Black-bellied Plover 2<br />Killdeer 3<br />Spotted Sandpiper 2<br />Greater Yellowlegs 1<br />Black Turnstone 5<br />Sanderling 4<br />Western Sandpiper 2<br />Least Sandpiper 7<br />Baird's Sandpiper 1 juv. <br />Red-necked Phalarope 6<br />Heermann's Gull 30<br />Western Gull 30<br />California Gull 20<br />Elegant Tern 3<br />Parasitic Jaeger 1</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 3<br />Anna's Hummingbird 15<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 15<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4<br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 25<br />Common Raven 2<br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 20<br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />House Wren 5</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Wrentit 4<br />California Thrasher 3</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">European Starling 20<br />Yellow Warbler 20 <br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 5<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 15<br />Song Sparrow 7<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 10<br />Western Tanager 4 <br />Black-headed Grosbeak 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 40<br />Brewer's Blackbird 50<br />Hooded Oriole 1 on Swanton Blvd.<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1<br />House Finch 25<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 10</span><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5654458739512302600?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-17317723855614925332010-08-31T21:31:00.000-07:002010-08-31T21:31:26.581-07:00Schwan Lake area , 8/27/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TH3PFgQPwxI/AAAAAAAAA7o/Htz6iyRPcA8/s1600/4933987042_7f57d7bd2a_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TH3PFgQPwxI/AAAAAAAAA7o/Htz6iyRPcA8/s400/4933987042_7f57d7bd2a_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><em>Eastern Kingbird, photo by David Sidle</em></span><br />This morning's Santa Cruz Bird Club field visited the area of Twin <br />Lakes State Beach at the north side of Schwan Lake. <br />While we were still gathering in the parking lot at the Simpkins Center, a flycatcher flew in and landed on one of the large dead eucalyptus just south ofthe parking area. Dark gray upperparts (blackish on the head) and mostly white underparts, plus a kingbird shape, identified it as an EASTERN KINGBIRD, and its first flycatching foray showed off its prominent white tail band. It flew to a small bare-topped tree in the adjacent grassy field, which proved to be its favorite perch, where we had several good views of it through the morning, and David Sidle got some good photos.(At this link<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanager22/sets/72157624822832500/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanager22/sets/72157624822832500/</a>)<br />After our initial study of the kingbird, we started down the trail toward the northeast side of the lake. A large mixed flock was workingthrough the oaks that included some migrant warblers. Among these was one extremely active bird flitting around, spreading its tail, and constantly in motion. Various people were getting various glimpses of details- whitish underparts with yellow patches on the sides, yellow patches at the base of the tail, etc. --and the glimpses finally added up to be a female/immature type AMERICAN REDSTART. Other migrants included good numbers of YELLOW and WILSON'S WARBLERS and at least one TOWNSEND'S, and four species of swallows A NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER was near the entrance, a pair of AM. KESTRELS were hunting the area, and an adult COOPER'S HAWK zipped across the trail in the north central part of the park. There was also a steadily singing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER--the steady singing at this time of year was, in itself, odd, and this one sang a variation that <br />I con't remember hearing before- a trill, but with a series of staccato single notes at the end, almost like an Orange-crowned beginning and aNashville ending. That one had us searching the oaks and willows for quite some time before we finally had enough of a look to confirm what it was. One never knows what will happen next, during fall migration.<br />Steve Gerow<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: red;">Bird List</span></strong><span style="color: lime;"></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Schwan Lake area<br />Observation date: 8/27/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 55</span><br />Mallard 5<br />Pied-billed Grebe 1<br />Double-crested Cormorant 70<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1 heard calling<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />American Kestrel 2 <em>pair near entrance</em><br />American Coot 1<br />Killdeer 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Black Phoebe 5<br />Eastern Kingbird 1 <em>near entrance</em> <br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 4<br />Barn Swallow 15<br />Cliff Swallow 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Oak Titmouse 10<br />Bushtit 35<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 15<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 5<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 2 <br />Yellow Warbler 10<br />Townsend's Warbler 1<br />American Redstart 1 <br />Wilson's Warbler 10<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 15<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Western Tanager 1 <br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Purple Finch (Western) 3<br />House Finch 10<br />Lesser Goldfinch 4<br />American Goldfinch 1<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1731772385561492533?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-26639115326351302332010-08-20T14:53:00.000-07:002010-08-27T15:41:22.137-07:00Meder Canyon & Natural Bridges 8/20/10<em><span style="color: #783f04;">A mostly slow day for bird activity. Meder Canyon was </span></em><em><span style="color: #783f04;">unusually </span></em><em><span style="color: #783f04;">inactive. Some of us then moved on to Natural </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #783f04;">Bridges, which had </span></em><em><span style="color: #783f04;">sandpipers to study (see photos below), </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #783f04;">and a few other things, </span></em><em><span style="color: #783f04;">but still it was one of those days </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #783f04;">when birds are mostly hard to find.</span></em><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Meder Canyon<br />Observation date: 8/20/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; foggy and very little bird activity<br />Number of species: 35</span><br />California Quail 25 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 3 <br />Band-tailed Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Acorn Woodpecker 2<br />Downy Woodpecker 3<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Steller's Jay 15<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 18<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />Swainson's Thrush 1 <em>calling in willows</em> <br />American Robin 3<br />Wrentit 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 1 <em>heard only</em><br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Wilson's Warbler 8<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 20<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 8<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1 <em>one heard</em><br />Brewer's Blackbird 1<br />Purple Finch (Western) 8<br />House Finch 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/THg9Di3O00I/AAAAAAAAA7E/OMa_sSBf1q4/s1600/2010-08-20_Natural_Bridges_and_Watsonville_Bitterns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/THg9Di3O00I/AAAAAAAAA7E/OMa_sSBf1q4/s320/2010-08-20_Natural_Bridges_and_Watsonville_Bitterns.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><em>Western and Least Sandpiper comparisons</em></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: red;">click on picture for a larger view</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><em>photos by Wendy Naruo</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 8/20/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 49</span></div>Mallard 2<br />California Quail 15<br />Common Loon 1 <br />loon sp. 1 <br />Brown Pelican 10<br />Brandt's Cormorant 5<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Snowy Egret 6 <br />Accipiter sp. 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />Killdeer 4<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Greater Yellowlegs 3<br />Western Sandpiper 6 <em>all juvs</em><br /><em>.</em>Least Sandpiper 2 <em>all juvs.</em><br />Heermann's Gull 20<br />Western Gull 20<br />California Gull 10<br />Caspian Tern 4<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 5<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 15<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3<br />Barn Swallow 1<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 2<br />California Thrasher 3<br />European Starling 20<br />Wilson's Warbler 5<br />Spotted Towhee 3<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 15<br />Western Tanager 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />Hooded Oriole 1 <em>heard only</em><br />House Finch 10<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2663911532635130233?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-19811979376587995242010-08-13T14:47:00.000-07:002010-08-27T15:14:52.027-07:00Terrace Point and nearby spots , 8/13/10<span style="color: red;">Location: Terrace Pt.</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Observation date: 8/13/10</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Number of species: 54</span><br />Mallard 2 flew over<br />Pacific Loon 1 <em>swimming off De Anza</em><br />Brown Pelican 15<br />Brandt's Cormorant 20<br />Double-crested Cormorant 10<br />Pelagic Cormorant 8<br />Snowy Egret 2<br />Northern Harrier 1<br />American Kestrel 2<br />Black-bellied Plover 5 <br />Killdeer 2<br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Wandering Tattler 2 <br />Whimbrel (American) 1<br />Marbled Godwit 8 <em>flock flying down the coast</em><br />Black Turnstone 5<br />Least Sandpiper 8 <em>flock circling the area</em><br />Short-billed Dowitcher 1 <em>flew over, calling</em><br />Long-billed Dowitcher 1 <em>flew over, calling</em><br />Heermann's Gull 10<br />Western Gull 25<br />California Gull 3<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1 <em>3rd cycle</em><br />Caspian Tern 5<br />Pigeon Guillemot 5<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 90 <em>several flocks moving eastward</em><br /><em> through the morning, suggesting some sort </em><br /><em> of movement</em><br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Downy Woodpecker 1 <em>in coyote bush scrub</em><br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 4<br />Barn Swallow 10<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 15<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 2<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />White-crowned Sparrow (Nuttall's) 3<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 25<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 7<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Younger Lagoon</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Observation date: 8/13/10</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Number of species: 31</span><br />Gadwall 1<br />Mallard 25<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Great Egret 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Green Heron 2<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />American Coot 2<br />Semipalmated Plover 3 <br />Killdeer 2<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Least Sandpiper 6<br />Western Gull 5<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />Barn Swallow 20 <br />Cliff Swallow 20<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 1<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />House Finch 20<br />American Goldfinch 5<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Observation date: 8/13/10</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Number of species: 34</span><br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Brandt's Cormorant 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Coot 4<br />Western Gull 2<br />California Gull 5<br />Caspian Tern 1<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5<br />Barn Swallow 8<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Marsh Wren 1<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 2<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 6<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />House Finch 20<br />American Goldfinch 5<br /><br /><span style="color: orange;">Location: Natural Bridges SB</span><br /><span style="color: orange;">Observation date: 8/13/10</span><br /><span style="color: orange;">Number of species: 40</span><br />Mallard 2<br />Brown Pelican 10<br />Brandt's Cormorant 5<br />Double-crested Cormorant 3<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <br />Semipalmated Plover 1<br />Killdeer 2<br />Spotted Sandpiper 1<br />Marbled Godwit 10 <em>flock flying down the coast</em><br />Western Sandpiper 6<br />Least Sandpiper 6<br />Heermann's Gull 10<br />Western Gull 15<br />California Gull 10<br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />Common Raven 1<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 8<br />Bewick's Wren 3<br />Wrentit 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1981197937658799524?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-26791716178941578952010-07-30T21:33:00.000-07:002010-08-08T11:39:06.728-07:00Natural Bridges and Antonelli Pond , 7/30/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TF7wm0lth6I/AAAAAAAAA4g/4Y6bvJ8N4R8/s1600/RSHA-7-30-10+DSI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TF7wm0lth6I/AAAAAAAAA4g/4Y6bvJ8N4R8/s320/RSHA-7-30-10+DSI.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-shouldered Hawk (juv.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">at Natural Bridges</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>photo by David Sidle</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 7/30/10<br />Number of species: 54</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mallard 4<br />California Quail 12<br />Pied-billed Grebe 1<br />Brown Pelican 25<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1 </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pelagic Cormorant 2 <em>unusually few cormorants</em> <br />Great Egret 1<br />Snowy Egret 9 <em>increased numbers</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em> at the Moore Creek lagoon</em><br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 3<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Killdeer 4<br />Whimbrel (American) 1 <em>heard calling in the early morning fog</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Heermann's Gull 15<br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 15<br />Caspian Tern 3 </span><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">one juv. (aging based on whistled call), the <br /> first there this season</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Elegant Tern 1<br />Pigeon Guillemot 1<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 12<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 8<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3<br />Black Phoebe 8<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />American Crow 4<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 1<br />Barn Swallow 5<br />Cliff Swallow 75 </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>large flock foraging over the Moore Creek<br /> mouth in the morning; large column-shaped </em><em>cloud of </em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #cc0000;"> insects apparently the drawing factor</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />American Robin 25 <em>numbers seemed to have increased</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Wrentit 4<br />California Thrasher 1 <br />European Starling 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 1 <em>one in willows at the </em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #cc0000;"> bend in the entrance road</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Common Yellowthroat 1 <em>lower Moore Creek</em><br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 10 <em>good numbers </em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #cc0000;"> in chickadee flocks;all observed appeared </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #cc0000;"> to be adult</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Spotted Towhee 8<br />California Towhee 15<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20 <em>mostly young birds</em><br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Purple Finch (Western) 4<br />House Finch 15<br />American Goldfinch 8</span></div><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 7/30/10<br />Number of species: 40</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Pied-billed Grebe 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />Turkey Vulture 1<br />Accipiter sp. 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />American Kestrel 1<br />American Coot 3<br />Killdeer 1<br />California Gull 2<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Common Raven 1<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7<em> increased numbers </em></span><br /><em><span style="color: lime;"> compared to the last few weeks; perhaps </span></em><br /><em><span style="color: lime;"> representing the arrival of fall migrants?</span></em><br /><span style="color: lime;">Violet-green Swallow 1<br />Barn Swallow 3<br />Cliff Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />European Starling 10<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 10<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 2</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(</span><a href="http://ebird.org/"><span style="color: lime;">http://ebird.org</span></a><span style="color: lime;">)</span><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TF7wzp98bkI/AAAAAAAAA4o/1ACg9yr0zkQ/s1600/SNEG-7-30-10+DSi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TF7wzp98bkI/AAAAAAAAA4o/1ACg9yr0zkQ/s320/SNEG-7-30-10+DSi.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Snowy Egrets at Natural Bridges</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Photo by David Sidle</em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2679171617894157895?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-41461370630862389372010-07-16T14:25:00.000-07:002010-07-20T21:11:16.693-07:00Antonelli Pond and Natural Bridges , 7/16/10Antonelli Pond had nothing too notable this morning, so we <br />moved on to Natural Bridges, where highlights included <br />close comparisons of Least and Western Sandpipers, <br />a California Gull in very fresh juv. plumage, <br />and some good looks at Vaux's Swifts.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><em><span style="color: #351c75;">Photos from the day: Western Sandpiper, California Quail, </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #351c75;">Snowy Egret, and juvenal California Gull (with Heerman's </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: #351c75;">and adult Californias), photos by David Sidle</span></em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Bird Lists</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 7/16/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 38</span></div>Mallard 25<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />American Coot 1<br />Rock Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 15<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Barn Swallow 15</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Cliff Swallow 25</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Oak Titmouse 1</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Bewick's Wren 4</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Marsh Wren 1 <em>singing</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Robin 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wrentit 1</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Northern Mockingbird 1</div>California Thrasher 2<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">European Starling 50</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Common Yellowthroat 1 <em>singing in marsh</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Spotted Towhee 4</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Towhee 10</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Song Sparrow 5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Black-headed Grosbeak 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 100</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brewer's Blackbird 50</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brown-headed Cowbird 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">House Finch 20</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Lesser Goldfinch 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Goldfinch 15</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">House Sparrow 5 <em>near De Anza entrance</em></div></div><div align="right"><em></em></div><div align="right"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TEZqJFwVrkI/AAAAAAAAA18/Mv9ur9qNd8Q/s1600/sandpipers,+7-16-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TEZqJFwVrkI/AAAAAAAAA18/Mv9ur9qNd8Q/s320/sandpipers,+7-16-10.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div align="right"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div align="right"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div align="right"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><em>Western Sandpiper (left) and Least Sandpiper (right) at </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Natural Bridges, photo by Steve Gerow</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: lime;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 7/16/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 60</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Mallard 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Quail 5</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-throated Loon 1 <em>swimming off the beach</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brown Pelican 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brandt's Cormorant 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Double-crested Cormorant 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Great Egret 1</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Snowy Egret 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Green Heron 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Killdeer 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Black Oystercatcher 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Greater Yellowlegs 1 <em>flew over, calling</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Whimbrel 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Western Sandpiper 10 <em>all adults</em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Least Sandpiper 2 <em>adults</em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Heermann's Gull 35</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Western Gull 15</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Gull 25 <em>1 juvenile, new arrival</em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Caspian Tern 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pigeon Guillemot 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Rock Pigeon 8</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Eurasian Collared-Dove 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Mourning Dove 4</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Vaux's Swift 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anna's Hummingbird 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Belted Kingfisher 1 <em>new arrival</em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Downy Woodpecker 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Black Phoebe 12</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Steller's Jay 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Crow 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Violet-green Swallow 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Barn Swallow 5</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Cliff Swallow 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Oak Titmouse 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Bushtit 20</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pygmy Nuthatch 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Bewick's Wren 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Robin 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wrentit 4</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Northern Mockingbird 3</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Thrasher 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">European Starling 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Spotted Towhee 10</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">California Towhee 15</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Song Sparrow 4</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Black-headed Grosbeak 10</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 5</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brewer's Blackbird 20</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Brown-headed Cowbird 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hooded Oriole 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Purple Finch (Western) 1</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">House Finch 25</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Lesser Goldfinch 2</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">American Goldfinch 8</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-4146137063086238937?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-31784247842327102882010-07-02T09:41:00.000-07:002010-07-05T11:16:34.879-07:00Moore Creek Preserve, July 2, 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TDIeSaXzNHI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Vi-vra1rNUs/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TDIeSaXzNHI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Vi-vra1rNUs/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />A surprise on this afternoon SCBC field trip was a <br />WESTERN KINGBIRD working along the fencelines near the<br />Vernal Ridge trail in the northwest part of the preserve, and just to the <br />west, probably the same one that was lingering there a couple of weeks earlier, but quite unexpected in Santa Cruz in July. We missed Black Swift this time, but there were 2-3 VAUX'S SWIFTS among the numerous swallows. Two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were singing in the grasslands in the later part of the afternoon. A COOPER'S HAWK caught something northwest of the preserve border, and carried it off into the forest along Wilder Creek to the west, and one WHITE-TAILED KITE flew over in the late afternoon.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Bird List</span></strong><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Moore Creek Preserve<br />Observation date: 7/2/10<br />Number of species: 41</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">California Quail 5<br />Turkey Vulture 3<br />White-tailed Kite 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <em>caught a bird and flew toward Wilder Creek</em></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 5<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 12<br />Mourning Dove 6<br />Vaux's Swift 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Western Kingbird 1 <em>northwest fenceline</em></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 7<br />Common Raven 3<br />Violet-green Swallow 3<br />Barn Swallow 12<br />Cliff Swallow 75<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 2<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />American Robin 1<br />Wrentit 1<br />European Starling 100<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 4<br />Grasshopper Sparrow 2<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 50<br />Purple Finch (Western) 3<br />House Finch 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(</span><a href="http://ebird.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://ebird.org</span></a><span style="color: blue;">)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3178424784232710288?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-64008783005416517422010-06-20T10:54:00.000-07:002010-06-20T10:54:19.991-07:00Photo Quiz #3<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB5UnkgN6cI/AAAAAAAAAzY/b2G-4g8T7PM/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB5UnkgN6cI/AAAAAAAAAzY/b2G-4g8T7PM/s400/019.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB5UtdlzBXI/AAAAAAAAAzg/F5yALGQF0L0/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB5UtdlzBXI/AAAAAAAAAzg/F5yALGQF0L0/s400/023.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Here are two views of the same bird, photographed in the Terrace Point field at the west edge of Santa Cruz on May 2, 2010. Can you identify it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6400878300541651742?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-17663324048580563992010-06-20T10:35:00.000-07:002010-06-20T10:35:00.274-07:00Answer to Photo Quiz #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB4zJxf_BbI/AAAAAAAAAzI/hYuddNIAI2M/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB4zJxf_BbI/AAAAAAAAAzI/hYuddNIAI2M/s200/002.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB4zWXOv8RI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/ayE3NOLTuVU/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB4zWXOv8RI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/ayE3NOLTuVU/s200/004.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This is pretty obviously a raptor, and none of the falcons that might occur in this area are a close fit, so we can assume this bird is in the hawk family. Osprey and kite can also be thrown out easily, and so can both eagles. Adult female N. Harriers might be considered, as they are distinctly streaked below, but it is fine streaking, not heavy, cross-hatched patterning like in this bird, and harriers also have longer wings and a distinctively owl-like face pattern, among other differences. That narrows it down to accipiters and buteos. The tail looks relatively long, which might suggest an accipiter. But adult accipiters have even and narrow barring on the underparts. Juveniles are streaked, but none have this heavy, irregular mix of barring and streaking. The upperparts are also wrong for any accipiter; some juvenal accipiters may have some spotting above, but not the white barring on the flight feathers shown by this bird. Also, the bird is a little too bulky for Cooper's or Sharp-shinned, and the tail, though on the long side, is too short for an accipiter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The structure of this bird best fits a buteo. When identifying a buteo, it is always best to first consider the common and extremely variable Red-tailed Hawk. But, to begin with, the shape of this bird is not quite right--too long tailed for one thing, even for a young Red-tail (buteos in their first year have proportionately longer tails and shorter wings than adults). Also the heavy even barring and spotting on the underparts is unlikely on a Red-tailed Hawk, which are typically paler and less marked on the breast than on the belly. And the barring on the flight feathers is too distinct and even for any Red-tailed, and also eliminates Broad-winged Hawk and other rare possibilities. After eliminating our most common buteo, as well as various rare species, we find a good fit for this bird in our second most-common buteo, Red-shouldered Hawk. Adult Red-shoulders are quite distinctive, but the juvenal-plumaged birds can be more confusing (like other hawks, they keep their juvenal plumage for about a year), especially when they are perched. The reddish patterning on the underparts often suggests the barred pattern of the adults, but this is somewhat variable. In addition, some combination of the long tail with fairly distinct black and whitish barring, and the obvious white barring on the flight feathers, will usually indicate the correct answer. This young Red-shouldered Hawk was on the west side of Santa Cruz on April 6.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1766332404858056399?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-47072673950250475172010-06-12T16:02:00.000-07:002010-06-19T16:08:29.520-07:00Bird List for 6/12/10, Pogonip<span style="color: #cc0000;">Location: Pogonip Open Space Preserve</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Observation date: 6/12/10</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Number of species: 44</span><br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4<br />Western Gull 2 flying over<br />California Gull 7 flying over<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 15<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />White-throated Swift 1 <em>heard high over grasslands</em><br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Allen's Hummingbird 4<br />Acorn Woodpecker 8<br />Downy Woodpecker 1 <em>Lime Kiln Trail</em><br />Hairy Woodpecker 3<br />Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 15<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 <em>two spots on the Spring Trail</em><br />Hutton's Vireo 12<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 4<br />Steller's Jay 7<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 10<br />Common Raven 4<br />Violet-green Swallow 5<br />Barn Swallow 1<br />Cliff Swallow 8<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 35 <em>many young</em><br />Bushtit 20<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Brown Creeper 15 <em>some families of young</em><br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />Winter Wren (Western) 5<br />Hermit Thrush 8<br />American Robin 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 1 <em>at Spring Street entrance</em><br />European Starling 15 <em>mostly near Spring Street entrance</em><br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 7<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 15 <em>feeding fledglings</em><br />Spotted Towhee 12<br />California Towhee 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 35<br />Western Meadowlark 1 <em>singing at UCSC border near Lookout Trail</em><br />Brewer's Blackbird 4 <em>near entrance</em><br />Purple Finch (Western) 12<br />House Finch 5<br />Lesser Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-4707267395025047517?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-57886813751593073852010-06-04T15:37:00.000-07:002010-06-20T20:52:15.486-07:00June 4, 2010- Natural Bridges and Antonelli Pond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB1IMM8YxAI/AAAAAAAAAzA/vCoQv2ynZNU/s1600/4680785526_b42f063c82_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><img border="0" height="301" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TB1IMM8YxAI/AAAAAAAAAzA/vCoQv2ynZNU/s400/4680785526_b42f063c82_b.jpg" width="400" /></em></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Acmon Blue butterfly at Antonelli Pond; photo by David Sidle</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The birds were not too active this morning, but there was enough to keep it interesting, plus frogs, butterflies, and other things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 6/4/10<br />Notes: low activity this morning<br />Number of species: 51</span><br />Mallard 4 <br />California Quail 1<em> lone male near compost area</em><br />Brown Pelican 3<br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />American Kestrel 1<br />Killdeer 3<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Western Gull 10<br />California Gull 30<br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Allen's Hummingbird 2<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 <em>Moore Creek- late migrant?</em><br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 10<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 4<br />Cliff Swallow 20<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 30<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 10<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />American Robin 5<br />Wrentit 3<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 15<br />Common Yellowthroat 2<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 3<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 15<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 10<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 4<br />House Sparrow 1 <br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 6/4/10<br />Number of species: 43</span><br />Mallard 1<br />Pied-billed Grebe 4<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Green Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1<br />American Coot 2<br />Killdeer 2<br />California Gull 5<br />Rock Pigeon 20<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 30 <em>some flew over the pond, most working <br /> over hills to the north</em><br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Barn Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 20<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 15<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Swainson's Thrush 1<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 4<br />European Starling 20<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 10<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5788681375159307385?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-33150717649566690982010-05-30T20:09:00.000-07:002010-06-04T20:39:49.283-07:00Bird List, Photos, and Notes: Henry Cowell SP , 5/30/10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAnEGwhdocI/AAAAAAAAAxk/6o1J8fvxeyA/s1600/2010-05-30_Lower_Henry_Cowell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAnEGwhdocI/AAAAAAAAAxk/6o1J8fvxeyA/s400/2010-05-30_Lower_Henry_Cowell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scenes from the day by Wendy Naruo: top row- Black-headed Grosbeak (male and female), Swainson's Thrush (center), Black Swift, Orange-crowned Warbler (juv.); bottom row- fledgling Winter Wrens</span></div><br />This morning's trip to Henry Cowell was fun and very birdy, with a lot of activity. We started at the bridge with a family of newly fledged CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, and the moved up the River trail. We had good looks at BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, and then moved to the Redwood loop where we got excellent views of a newly fledged BROWN CREEPER family, and a newly fledged WINTER WREN FAMILY (Wendy got some life photos). On the way back to the entrance we got excellent views of a SWAINSON'S THRUSH (again life photo for Wendy), and some views of WARBLING VIREO and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. On the Zayante trail we found COMMON MERGANSERS at the dam, and expected VIOLET GREEN SWALLOWS<br />We meandered down to the end of the trail, and on the way back Kathy and Jim looked up to find a cloud of CLIFF SWALLOWS foraging over us, and in amongst them was a big (bigger than the swallows) swift, which glided far more than it flapped (and appeared twice the size of a VAUX'S SWIFT in the same flock)., BLACK SWIFT (and Wendy got a confirming photo), undoubtedly the best bird of the day, A NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER nest was another addition to the family theme (we encountered many families of newly fledged chickadees).<br />We found the species count was close to 50 so walked over to Roaring Camp, where we added RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, but we just fell short with 49 total for the morning. And, of course, no Parula.<br />Phil Brown<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Bird List</span><br /><a href="mailto:scbirdclub@Location"><strong><span style="color: lime;">Location</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: lime;">: Henry Cowell SP</span></strong> <br /><div class="gmail_quote"><strong><span style="color: lime;">Observation date: 5/30/10</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: lime;">Notes: Black swift seen with big flock of Cliff Swallows. Wendy got a picture to confirm ID.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: lime;">Number of species: 49</span></strong><br />Wood Duck 2<br />Mallard 6<br />Common Merganser 3<br />California Quail 2<br />Green Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 2<br />California Gull 46<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 11<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Black Swift 1<br />Vaux's Swift 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Allen's Hummingbird 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 2<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Western Wood-Pewee 7<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 14<br />Black Phoebe 6<br />Hutton's Vireo 1<br />Warbling Vireo 4<br />Steller's Jay 18<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 4<br />Common Raven 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 9<br />Barn Swallow 1<br />Cliff Swallow 24<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 31<br />Oak Titmouse 3<br />Bushtit 2<br />Brown Creeper 4<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Winter Wren 3<br />Swainson's Thrush 4<br />Hermit Thrush 3<br />American Robin 15<br />European Starling 1<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 6<br />Yellow Warbler 2<br />Wilson's Warbler 26<br />Spotted Towhee 7<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 4<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 8<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 11<br />Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored) 3<br />Purple Finch 2<br />House Finch 1<br /><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3315071764956669098?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-12826438098827057182010-05-28T16:22:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:12:23.334-07:00Henry Cowell State Park, May 28, 2010- bird list, notes, and photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAboi6YuX8I/AAAAAAAAAxM/MblqHcCZcrA/s1600/5-28+HEWA+(WN).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="263" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAboi6YuX8I/AAAAAAAAAxM/MblqHcCZcrA/s400/5-28+HEWA+(WN).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Hermit Warbler, photo by Wendy Naruo</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip visited Henry<br />Cowell State Park, where we walked a loop through the <br />southeastern part of that park.. Most of the regular bird species <br />were very active, with many birds moving through the trees and <br />shrubs, and a chorus of songs and calls that lasted most of the <br />morning. One highlight was a pair of HERMIT WARBLERS <br />foraging lower than usual along Pipeline Road about halfway <br />between the Powdermill Road and Ridge Road junctions.The <br />male, in particular, was frequently out in the open and just <br />about at eye-level, giving many of us great views. We heard <br />several other Hermits, but they were the more usual unseen<br /> treetop singers. We also had good looks at the other three <br />regular breeding warblers in that part of the park, with several <br />each BLACK-THROATED GRAY, ORANGE-CROWNED, <br />and WILSON'S showing themselves. At the bench on Pipeline Road <br />that overlooks Rincon Gorge, another highlight was a pair of adult<br /> GOLDEN EAGLES circling high over the gorge, and working their <br />way higher. We heard two PILEATED WOODPECKERS, <br />one close to Pipeline Road, one very distant, but didn't see either. <br />HERMIT THRUSH were numerous and singing regularly. There <br />was also a SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing and calling near the <br />Pipeline - Powder Mill junction, in higher and drier habitat than <br />usual, but most likely a migrant. <br />The observation deck and the Ridge Road area had expected <br />chaparral and pine woodland species, including good views of <br />displaying ALLEN'S and ANNA's HUMMINGBIRDS, a couple <br />of CALIFORNIA THRASHERS. In addition we looked at a <br />variety of interesting plants ranging from large-flowered azaleas <br />to tiny spine-flowers, and a range of other denizens of forest <br />and chaparral. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAbo3WuVhFI/AAAAAAAAAxU/8FBO16wzqiQ/s1600/5-28+ANHU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/TAbo3WuVhFI/AAAAAAAAAxU/8FBO16wzqiQ/s400/5-28+ANHU.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><strong></strong></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Anna's Hummingbird (juv.) at Sticky Monkeyflower- photo by Wendy Naruo</em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><strong>Bird List</strong></span><span style="color: lime;">Location: Henry Cowell SP- eastern<br />Observation date: 5/28/10<br />Notes: SCBC Field Trip<br />Number of species: 43</span></div>Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1 <em>heard only</em><br />Golden Eagle 2 <em>pair circling over Rincon Gorge</em><br />Band-tailed Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 <em>at starting point on Graham Hill Road</em><br />Mourning Dove 1<br />Anna's Hummingbird 10 <br />Allen's Hummingbird 4 <br />Acorn Woodpecker 1 <br />Downy Woodpecker 1 <em>near Pipeline X Ridge Road junction</em><br />Hairy Woodpecker 4 <br />Northern Flicker 1 <em>heard briefly off Powder Mill Road</em><br />Pileated Woodpecker 2 <em>Pipeline Road; heard only</em><br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 20<br />Hutton's Vireo 5<br />Warbling Vireo 15<br />Steller's Jay 10<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />Common Raven 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 4 <em>near observation platform</em><br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 35<br />Oak Titmouse 2 <em>near observation platform</em><br />Bushtit 10<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 5<br />Brown Creeper 15<br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />Winter Wren (Western) 4<br />Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 <em>singing on Pipeline Road</em> <br />Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 1 <em>singing; maybe a migrant</em><br />Hermit Thrush 15 <em>many singing, some good views</em><br />American Robin 10<br />Wrentit 5<br />California Thrasher 2 <em>chaparral near observation tower</em><br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 15<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 8<br />Hermit Warbler 4 <em>nice views of 2 working low along Pipeline <br /> Road, plus two others heard singing</em><br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 10<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 40<br />Brewer's Blackbird 3<br />Purple Finch (Western) 10<br />House Finch 1 <em>one singing near Graham Hill Road</em><br />Pine Siskin 4 <em>at 3 spots on Pipeline Road</em><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1282643809882705718?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-14700056456289572532010-05-21T15:18:00.000-07:002010-05-22T15:51:21.813-07:00Bird Lists, Photos, and Notes from 5/21/10, Terrace Point and Vicinity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S_hcDRoVQwI/AAAAAAAAAwk/omr6ddxe0Is/s1600/2010-05-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S_hcDRoVQwI/AAAAAAAAAwk/omr6ddxe0Is/s400/2010-05-21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>scenes from the day by Wendy Naruo; click on picture for larger image</em></div>This Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip started at Terrace Point. <br />Among the highlights was a WESTERN KINGBIRD that stopped to <br />forage near the Seymour Center. We also had good views of some <br />HOODED ORIOLES, a pair of CALIFORNIA THRASHERS was <br />running around (and sometimes on) the picnic tables, and at least <br />three <em>nuttalli </em>WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were singing on <br />territory. A male and a female AMERICAN KESTREL took turns<br /> foraging over the field. Along the coast we compared three <br />species of cormorants and migrant loons. Four WHIMBRELS on <br />the rocks were the only migrant shorebirds.<br />At Antonelli Pond the wind kept most passerine activity down, <br />but five species of swallows were flying low over the pond <br />(including a continuing pair of TREE SWALLOWS), and <br />one VAUX'S SWIFT joined them.<br /><br /><em><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bird Lists</span></strong></em><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Terrace Pt.<br />Observation date: 5/21/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; became very windy around 10 AM<br />Number of species: 47</span><br />Mallard 4 <em>flying around over the field</em><br />California Quail 4 <br />Red-throated Loon 1 <em>basic/immature type</em><br />Pacific Loon 15 <em>a few migrants, still mostly alternate birds</em><br />Common Loon 5 <em>a few migrants, including both alternate and basic</em><br />Western Grebe 1<br />Clark's Grebe 1<br />Brown Pelican 20<br />Brandt's Cormorant 300<br />Double-crested Cormorant 5<br />Pelagic Cormorant 10<br />American Kestrel 2 <em>male and female</em><br />Black Oystercatcher 2<br />Whimbrel (American) 4 <em>flock on the rocks</em><br />Western Gull 75<br />California Gull 50 <em>mostly immature birds flying over</em><br />Glaucous-winged Gull 2<br />Caspian Tern 2<br />Pigeon Guillemot 10 <br />Rock Pigeon 8 <em>not including a distant very large flock to NW</em><br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 6<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Western Kingbird 1 <em>stopped to forage near Seymour Center</em><br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 1<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 12 <em>soaring toward Moore Preserve/Wilder area</em><br />Cliff Swallow 50 <em>mostly flying high over the fields</em><br />Barn Swallow 8<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />American Robin 1<br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />California Thrasher 2 <em>pair near Seymour Center</em><br />European Starling 10<br />Spotted Towhee 1<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 8<br />White-crowned Sparrow (Nuttall's) 4<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 35<br />Brewer's Blackbird 8<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 3<br />House Finch 12<br />American Goldfinch 8<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #990000;">Location: Younger Lagoon<br />Observation date: 5/21/10<br />Number of species: 19</span><br />Mallard 5 <em>also quite a few small young</em><br />California Quail 1<br />Mourning Dove 2<br />Anna's Hummingbird 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 2<br />Barn Swallow 6<br />Bushtit 2<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />Wrentit 2<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 2<br />Song Sparrow 3<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 2<br />Hooded Oriole 1<br />House Finch 2<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">Location: Antonelli Pond<br />Observation date: 5/21/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; wind limited passerine activity<br />Number of species: 42</span><br />Mallard 1 <em>female with young under the trestle</em><br />Pied-billed Grebe 3 <em>two were changing places on a nes</em><em>t</em><br />Double-crested Cormorant 4<br />Snowy Egret 1 <em>sitting in the willows</em><br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1 <em>soaring to the north</em><br />American Coot 2<br />Western Gull 5<br />California Gull 10<br />Rock Pigeon 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Vaux's Swift 1 <em>foraging with swallows</em><br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 <em>calling in the willows</em><br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 2<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 2<br />Tree Swallow 2 <em>continuing pair</em><br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 10<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />American Robin 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 1<br />European Starling 5<br />Yellow Warbler 1 <em>singing in the willows</em><br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 1 <em>singing in the willows</em><br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 6<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 3 <em>RR trestle area</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 4<br />Hooded Oriole 1 <em>willows on W side</em><br />House Finch 8<br />American Goldfinch 2<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1470005645628957253?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-24500379933523495912010-05-15T14:55:00.000-07:002010-05-22T15:41:59.741-07:00Bird List for 5/15/10, Fremont Peak<span style="color: lime;">Location: Fremont Peak SP (Monterey Co.)</span> <br /><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color: lime;">Observation date: 5/15/10</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Number of species: 48</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">SCBC field trip led by Eric Feuss</span><br />Wild Turkey 1<br />California Quail 2<br />Turkey Vulture 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2<br />falcon sp. 1<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 1<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker 5<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 2<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 2<br />Western Wood-Pewee 11<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Warbling Vireo 3<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 12<br />Common Raven 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Oak Titmouse 19<br />White-breasted Nuthatch 2<br />Rock Wren 4<br />House Wren 4<br />Western Bluebird 4<br />American Robin 3<br />Wrentit 1<br />California Thrasher 1<br />European Starling 4<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 22<br />Yellow Warbler 4<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1<br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 8<br />Townsend's Warbler 8<br />Hermit Warbler 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 11<br />Western Tanager 2<br />Spotted Towhee 4<br />California Towhee 7<br />Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4<br />Chipping Sparrow 2<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 30<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 5<br />Lazuli Bunting 6<br />Brewer's Blackbird 1<br />Purple Finch (Western) 2<br />House Finch 6<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />American Goldfinch 3<br /><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2450037993352349591?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-37085351281462421132010-05-14T14:44:00.000-07:002010-05-22T15:01:45.667-07:00Bird Lists for 5/14/10, Neary Lagoon & Natural Bridges<span style="color: #cc0000;">Location: Neary Lagoon<br />Observation date: 5/14/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 45</span><br /> Wood Duck 4 <em>plus two single ducklings (likely from two broods)</em><br />Mallard 8<br />Pied-billed Grebe 1 <em>with 4 young</em><br />Double-crested Cormorant 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1<br />Western Gull 5<br />California Gull 10<br />Rock Pigeon 15<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 8<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Tree Swallow 6<br />Violet-green Swallow 8<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2<br />Cliff Swallow 10<br />Barn Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 20<br />Bewick's Wren 8<br />Marsh Wren 2<br />Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 2<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 2<br />European Starling 5<br />Cedar Waxwing 50<br />Yellow Warbler 3<br />Common Yellowthroat 8<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 5<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 3<br />Brewer's Blackbird 8<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 12<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />House Sparrow 5<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Location: Natural Bridges SB<br />Observation date: 5/14/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip<br />Number of species: 45</span><br />Mallard 3<br />Brown Pelican 4<br />Brandt's Cormorant 5<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Green Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Killdeer 1<br />Black Oystercatcher 1<br />Whimbrel 4 <em>flying over inland side of the park</em><br />Western Gull 10<em> 2 on nests</em><br />California Gull 10<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Allen's Hummingbird 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2<br />Black Phoebe 4<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 1<br />Steller's Jay 1<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Common Raven 1<br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Cliff Swallow 4<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 7<br />Oak Titmouse 1<br />Bushtit 10<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 8<br />Bewick's Wren 4<br />American Robin 2<br />Wrentit 1<br />California Thrasher 3 <em>singing in three territories</em><br />European Starling 10<br />Cedar Waxwing 30<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 2<br />Spotted Towhee 5<br />California Towhee 8<br />Song Sparrow 5<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 2<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Purple Finch (Western) 1<br />House Finch 5<br />American Goldfinch 4<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3708535128146242113?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-10616972162592547372010-05-04T21:08:00.000-07:002010-05-09T21:46:27.078-07:00Bird Lists, Notes and Photos from 5/4/10- San Lorenzo River and Vicinity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S-eJcKlmNgI/AAAAAAAAAv8/54EQD8c7fn8/s1600/river-partial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S-eJcKlmNgI/AAAAAAAAAv8/54EQD8c7fn8/s400/river-partial.jpg" tt="true" width="306" /></a></div> <em>photos by Wendy Naruo</em><br />This morning's Santa Cruz bird Club field trip covered the San<br />Lorenzo River from San Lorenzo Park to the mouth. There were a few migrant shorebirds, including 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and a lone <br />LEAST SANDPIPER. A lingering female BUFFLEHEAD was downstream from Soquel Avenue. The gull flock below Riverside Avenue had 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, only one of them an adult, and 4 CASPIAN TERNS. We also had great views of CLIFF SWALLOWS gathering mud, some very close looks at N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and well lit VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, <br />about 8 COMMON MERGANSERS, two WOOD DUCKS, an adult <br />BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, and good looks at several HOODED ORIOLES, including a very cooperative adult male in Ocean View Park.<br /><strong><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: red; font-size: large;">Bird Lists</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: blue;">San Lorenzo River</span></strong><br />Wood Duck 2 -<em>both flew downstream then flew toward Neary Lagoon</em><br />Mallard 25<br />Bufflehead 1 below Soquel Ave.<br />Common Merganser 9<br />Red-throated Loon 1<em> -basic plumage; near the mouth</em><br />Double-crested Cormorant 2<br />Great Blue Heron 1<br />Snowy Egret 4<br />Black-crowned Night-Heron 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1- <em>San Lorenzo Park</em><br />Merlin 1 below Soqual Ave.<br />Semipalmated Plover 7<br />Killdeer 1<br />Spotted Sandpiper 2<br />Greater Yellowlegs 2<br />Least Sandpiper 1<br />Bonaparte's Gull 10<br />Western Gull 50<br />California Gull 200<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 2<br />Caspian Tern 4<br />Rock Pigeon 30<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 3<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 4<br />Mourning Dove 8<br />Anna's Hummingbird 4<br />Black Phoebe 12<br />Western Scrub-Jay 3<br />American Crow 15<br />Common Raven 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 15<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15<br />Cliff Swallow 200-<em>gathering mud in two spots; building nests on<br />the bridges</em><br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6<br />Bushtit 10<br />Northern Mockingbird 5<br />European Starling 25<br />Cedar Waxwing 30<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 5<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 6<br />Hooded Oriole 2<br />House Finch 30<br />American Goldfinch 5<br />House Sparrow 25<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: lime;">Branciforte Dip & Oceanview Park</span></strong><br />Great Blue Heron 1- <em>flew over from E</em>Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 5<br />Allen's Hummingbird 1<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher -<em>1 singing at the end of Branciforte</em>Black Phoebe 4<br />Steller's Jay 2<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4<br />American Crow 5<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Bushtit 10<br />Bewick's Wren 1<br />American Robin 2<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 20<br />Cedar Waxwing 75 -<em>many in blooming eucalyptus</em><br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 5<br />Song Sparrow 4<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 5<br />Hooded Oriole 4<br />House Finch 10<br />American Goldfinch 4<br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<br /> ******************************************************<br /> After this walk, most of the group reconvened in the afternoon at Terrace Point to look for a Pacific Golden Plover that had been present for the previous few days. We found not just one, but two, one a very colorful adult.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S-eMiV6ngXI/AAAAAAAAAwE/SqkCHoAnv9o/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S-eMiV6ngXI/AAAAAAAAAwE/SqkCHoAnv9o/s320/033.JPG" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1061697216259254737?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-70958571149060325902010-04-30T08:56:00.000-07:002010-04-30T08:03:57.218-07:00SCBC Officer Openings-Still Open!Two officer postions for the Santa Cruz Bird Club will be open as<br /> of the end of May. The Program Director is responsible for the <br />monthly meeting programs, including arranging the actual <br />programs, and ensuring that publicity, any arrangements <br />necessary for the meeting location, etc., are all in place. The <br />Outreach Coordinator is responsible for outreach from the bird <br />club to other local organizations and to the public in general on <br />issues concerning birds and their conservation.See below for a <br />more detailed description of each of these (from our officers' <br />manual). If anyone is interested in either of these volunteer <br />positions, please contact Steve Gerow at <br /><a href="mailto:stephengerow@aol.com">stephengerow@aol.com</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">DUTIES OF THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR<br />1. Arrange for speakers or other programs for regular club </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">meetings and other club events. Provide speakers with </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">directions to meeting locations and other information as </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">needed.<br />2. Arrange the location of monthly club meetings. If the</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"> location for the Club's regularly scheduled meeting is not </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">available on a certain date (or needs to be re-scheduled </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">for any reason) , arrange for a new date and inform the </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, and President of the<br />change .<br />3. Introduce the speaker at each month's meeting and </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">the annual dinner,or arrange for another person to do so.<br />4. Make sure that equipment necessary for a presentation </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">(projectors,etc.) will be available at the meeting site.<br />6. Submit information to the Newsletter Editor and </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Webmaster about speakers and programs scheduled for</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">upcoming meetings and other events.Include appropriate</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">information about the program and/or speaker for<br />the newsletter and the on-line events calendar.<br />7. Assume the duties of the President in his or her absence.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;">DUTIES OF THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR<br />1. Be responsible for outreach to various sectors of the </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">community,including but not limited to students, seniors, </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">communityorganizations, and various groups interested in </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">wildlife, natural history, and the environment.<br />2. Develop materials and presentations designed to increase </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">public awareness and knowledge of birds, their habitats, and </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">conservation.<br />3. Coordinate club representation (information tables, </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">booths, etc.) at community events where appropriate.<br />4. Encourage and coordinate participation by club members </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">in outreach activities.<br />5. Encourage SCBC membership and participation in club </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">activities among potentially interested community members.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-7095857114906032590?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-50276694952057797832010-04-23T19:33:00.000-07:002010-04-27T19:34:28.039-07:00Bird List for 4/23/10 Wilder Ranch State ParkAreas of the park covered in this afternoon walk included the area around the ranch complex buildings, then inland of Highway 1, including the Wilder Creek riparian area, the horse corrals, and up the eastern side of the Engelsmann Loop Trail. Among the non-bird highlights was a good study of a Pacific Chorus-Frog, a species that's commonly heard, but rarely well-seen.<br /><br />Observation date: 4/23/10<br />Number of species: 53<br />California Quail 20<br />Turkey Vulture 1<br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 4- <em>one carrying nesting material in Wilder Creek canyon</em><br />Merlin 1 -<em>flew by near the farm ponds on the Engelsmann Loop</em>Killdeer 1<br />California Gull 20<br />Caspian Tern 2- <em>flying inland</em>Band-tailed Pigeon 6<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1-<em>calling near the ranch building complex</em>Mourning Dove 5<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 1<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher 1<br />Western Wood-Pewee 1<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 8<br />Black Phoebe 3<br />Ash-throated Flycatcher 1- <em>near parking lot</em>Hutton's Vireo 8<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 18-<em>many singing; number recorded may be low</em><br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 6<br />Common Raven 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 15<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1<br />Cliff Swallow 75- <em>many building nests on ranch buildings</em>Barn Swallow 8<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 12<br />Bewick's Wren 12<br />Swainson's Thrush 2- <em>calling in Wilder Creek riparian</em><br />American Robin 12<br />Wrentit 5<br />European Starling 15<br />Cedar Waxwing 20<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 18<br />Common Yellowthroat 1<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 15<br />Spotted Towhee 10<br />California Towhee 4<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 3<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 15<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 4<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 8<br />Brewer's Blackbird 20<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 4<br />Purple Finch (Western) 5<br />House Finch 20<br />Lesser Goldfinch 6<br />American Goldfinch 10<br />House Sparrow 10<br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5027669495205779783?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-53309283971188552232010-04-19T09:58:00.000-07:002010-04-19T09:58:27.353-07:00Upcoming Events: Public Meetings on Land Trust Conservation Plans<span style="color: #20124d;"><em>Note: the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County has been developing a "Conservation Blueprint" to guide its land conservation activities. The preservation of habitats is, of course, a key factor in the conservation of our local birds and other wildlife. The development of this document thus far has already involved many local people with knowledge or interest in various areas of concern, including quite a few SCBC members. Now they are seeking further input from the community as a whole, and several public forums for this process are scheduled over the next couple of weeks. The following is from a press release from the land trust:</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><strong>Join the conversation to shape a</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><strong>Conservation Blueprint for Santa Cruz County</strong></span><br />Share your ideas about how we can work together to protect our countyʹs quality of life and maintain our precious land, water and wildlife. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is hosting four Community Forums around the County in April and May and wants to hear from you.<br /><strong><span style="color: lime;">Wednesday, April 21st</span></strong><br />at Watsonville Community Room in the Civic Plaza from 6pm to 9pm.<br />Introduction and welcome by Mayor Luis Alejo<br /><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tuesday, April 27th</span></strong><br />at the Simpkins Swim Center in Live Oak from 6pm to 9pm.<br />Introduction and welcome by County Treasurer Fred Keeley<br /><strong><span style="color: blue;">Thursday, April 29th</span></strong><br />at the Long Marine Lab Seymour Center in Santa Cruz from 6pm to 9pm.<br />Introduction and welcome by former Assembly Member John Laird<br /><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tuesday, May 4th</span></strong><br />at the Highlands Park Senior Center in the San Lorenzo Valley, 6pm to 9pm.<br />Introduction and welcome by Supervisor Mark Stone<br /><em>You can find out more about the Conservation Blueprint at www.conservesantacruz.org</em><br /><em>or call the Land Trust at (831) 429‐6116</em><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Forums made possible with support from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation</span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><em><strong>If you cannot attend a forum, please write us and let us know what you think. You can send your answers to us at the address below.</strong></em></span><br /><em>How can land conservation help:</em><br />• Sustain the viability of agriculture and the jobs it provides?<br />• Contribute to healthy forests and a sustainable timber industry?<br />• Sustain our tourist industry and the jobs it provides?<br />• Provide clean, safe drinking water?<br />• Protect the waters off our coast and in the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary?<br />• Provide fish habitat?<br />• Address the underground aquifer overdraft problem?<br />• Protect habitats critical for biodiversity of plants and animals?<br />• Provide connections between large‐scale landscapes like the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Mt. Hamilton range, and the Gabilan Mountains?<br />• Address climate change and its impacts on plants and animals?<br />• Educate our children and future generations about the green economy and future green jobs?<br />• Provide access to nature and neighborhood parks for all children in our county?<br />• Promote a healthy lifestyle for all citizens in our county?<br /><br />Land Trust of Santa Cruz County<br />617 Water Street<br />Santa Cruz, CA 95060<br />(831) 429‐6116<br /><a href="mailto:info@LandTrustSantaCruz.org">info@LandTrustSantaCruz.org</a><br /><a href="http://www.landtrustsantacruz.org/">http://www.landtrustsantacruz.org/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-5330928397118855223?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-66636829022950292502010-04-17T20:54:00.000-07:002010-04-19T22:25:49.747-07:00Bird List, Photos, and Notes for April 17, 2010- Upper UCSC CampusThis walk explored the forests, chaparral, and coastal prairies of the upper campus natural area at UCSC. The area was active with birdlife, and there were good opportunities to compare similar song types- Orange-crowned and Wilson's Warblers and Dark-eyed Juncos, or Purple Finch vs. Warbling Vireo, or Brown Creeper vs. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Some of the local breeding Hermit Thrushes had arrived, replacing the just-departed wintering Hermit Thrushes, and we heard their ethereal songs in several spots. In addition to birds, the ample rains this year brought a nice variety of native flowers, including some scarce species, plus mushrooms, insects, a few mammals, and of course the occasional Banana Slug. <br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S80xOn0EZ5I/AAAAAAAAAtk/jiFwAm1uE6Y/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S80xOn0EZ5I/AAAAAAAAAtk/jiFwAm1uE6Y/s320/003.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="color: lime;">Lotus formosissimus in Marshall Field, UCSC</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Bird List</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Upper UCSC</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Observation date: 4/17/10</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Number of species: 35</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Double-crested Cormorant 1 <em>flying over in the early morning</em><br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 8<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Allen's Hummingbird 8<br />Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird 12<br />Acorn Woodpecker 6<br />Hairy Woodpecker 4<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 20<br />Hutton's Vireo 10<br />Warbling Vireo (Western) 8<br />Steller's Jay 7<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 3<br />Common Raven 4<br />Cliff Swallow 2<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 25<br />Bushtit 2<br />Pygmy Nuthatch 15<br />Brown Creeper 7<br />Bewick's Wren 15<br />Winter Wren (Western) 1<br />Golden-crowned Kinglet 2<br />Hermit Thrush 10<br />American Robin 5<br />Wrentit 10<br />Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 25<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 15<br />Spotted Towhee 20<br />California Towhee 1<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 20<br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 1 <em>flew over West Road</em>Purple Finch (Western) 10<br />Pine Siskin 5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/">http://ebird.org/</a>)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S80xOn0EZ5I/AAAAAAAAAtk/jiFwAm1uE6Y/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 117px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 1px;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S80w1-__roI/AAAAAAAAAtc/Ilk-WIU0pFw/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S80w1-__roI/AAAAAAAAAtc/Ilk-WIU0pFw/s320/004.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">photos by Steve Gerow</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6663682902295029250?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-66465441096899768712010-04-12T11:51:00.000-07:002010-04-12T12:17:12.827-07:00Photo Quiz #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NquuByBlI/AAAAAAAAAtM/BfPZrF6EMGc/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NquuByBlI/AAAAAAAAAtM/BfPZrF6EMGc/s400/004.JPG" width="400" wt="true" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8Nqlq4XrzI/AAAAAAAAAs8/rv--IkCzi_Q/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8Nqlq4XrzI/AAAAAAAAAs8/rv--IkCzi_Q/s400/002.JPG" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">photos by Steve Gerow</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This hawk was photographed on the west side of Santa Cruz about a week ago. Can you identify it?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-6646544109689976871?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-26888540029537925592010-04-12T11:26:00.000-07:002010-04-12T12:29:12.765-07:00Answer to Photo Quiz # 1<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NZ1ZxJLfI/AAAAAAAAAss/750x3aFA6n0/s1600/aIMG_8721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NZ1ZxJLfI/AAAAAAAAAss/750x3aFA6n0/s200/aIMG_8721.jpg" width="133" wt="true" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NZ8bABfjI/AAAAAAAAAs0/7S4A59iTExE/s1600/aIMG_8723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8NZ8bABfjI/AAAAAAAAAs0/7S4A59iTExE/s200/aIMG_8723.jpg" width="133" wt="true" /></a><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">photos by Wendy Naruo</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>(See March 23, 2010 post for original quiz, with larger-format photos.)</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> This is a bird we encountered on an SCBC field trip on August 28, 2009. A small, brown bird with a thick-based conical bill and a streaked back suggests some sort of sparrow, but it is not really a good match for any of them. The very short tail, combined with a flat head sloping into the bill, eliminates from consideration most of the plain-breasted American sparrows, as well as a female House Sparrow. The closest match is probably Grasshopper Sparrow, but even they don't have this short a tail. Also, the crown on this bird lacks the distinct median stripe of a Grasshopper Sparrow, the face pattern is wrong (the face pattern on this bird actually looked surprisingly like a Warbling Vireo's, in the field at least), the upperparts (not too visible in these photos) have a less complex pattern; really, there are quite a few differences in details between this bird's plumage and structure, and that of a Grasshopper Sparrow. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> There is also a superficial resemblance to a female or basic-plumaged Bobolink. The crown pattern is wrong, though, lacking the bold striping of a Bobolink, the tail is too short and lacks the spiky tips, and, again, it differes in a lot of details, as well as being much too small. Even a review of some far flung rarities (among sparrows, buntings, finches, and similar birds) that might have a slight possibility of showing up here, finds nothing that seems a good match. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> When faced with such a situation, it is worthwhile to consider the various exotic species that are kept as pets, and may escape or be released. One of these that appears rather frequently in California is Orange Bishop; there are even some reproducing populations in some parts of the state, that may be more or less established in very localized areas. The male of this species in breeding plumage is pretty much unmistakeable, but females and basic-plumaged males are more confusing- a small, sparrow-like bird with brown, streaked upperparts, unstreaked cream-colored underparts, a flat head, a very short tail, and. . .well they look just like this bird, which is a female Orange Bishop. This is not an established species in Santa Cruz County, so this bird is likely an escape, but a wanderer from one of the reproducing wild populations in the state probably can't be entirely ruled out. So while it is not "listable" by the standard rules of such things, it is worthwhile keeping track of observations of these exotic species; one never knows what might happen.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-2688854002953792559?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-41799762978347987312010-04-09T20:40:00.000-07:002010-04-10T21:18:36.750-07:00Bird Lists, Notes, and Photos for April 9, 2010, Natural Bridges & Antonelli Pond<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_07781be2-2418-4f78-9d92-3e008ff412ac"><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_e33b642d-4e0e-4b16-864b-041fdce0ae18"><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span><span contenteditable="false" style="display: inline-block;"></span>Today's Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip visited Natural Bridges State Beach. It was a colorful morning, with blue skies, and lots of bright warblers singing in the willows and eucalyptus. A majority were YELLOW-RUMPED (both forms, but more Audubon's), but there were quite a few migrant ORANGE-CROWNED as well, and a number of WILSON'S. Bob Ramer spotted a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER a short distance south of trail marker #5 on the east side of the park, for one of the highlights of the morning. A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE chattered and sang a few times from the eucalyptus in this area, though we couldn't get a look at it. There were also a couple of LINCOLN'S and one FOX SPARROW on the east side of the park. Moving down to the beach, a flock of over 30 SURFBIRDS and a couple of BLACK TURNSTONES were working around the base of the Natural Bridge. Then another flock of 40+ more SURFBIRDS flew in, landing on the rocks on the west side of the beach, for a nice total of about 75. There were also about 50 SANDERLINGS, 9 WHIMBRELS, 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, a KILLDEER, and a couple of SNOWY EGRETS that thought they were shorebirds. A couple of CANADA GEESE flew over, and the ocean had a couple of PIGEON GUILLEMOTS, migrating PACIFIC LOONS, and other things. A highlight at the Butterfly Boardwalk was a great study of a very cooperative singing PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER. Among the additions on the west side of the park was a good look at an adult female SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. </div><div class="msgBody" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> At the end of the morning part of the group continued on to Antonelli Pond, where we found five species of swallows (including one locally-scarce TREE), and a lone VAUX'S SWIFT sped through the swallow flock. A calling SEMIPALMATED PLOVER flew over. Another FOX SPARROW was feeding at the edge of the willows, and a GREEN HERON flew in and landed at the edge of the cat-tails. One RUDDY DUCK, the last remaining of the small wintering flock, was also still in the pond.</div><div class="msgBody" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> ~ Steve Gerow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8FGjocWsJI/AAAAAAAAAsk/AQ7-IiH5Vbk/s1600/2010-04-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: lime;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S8FGjocWsJI/AAAAAAAAAsk/AQ7-IiH5Vbk/s400/2010-04-09.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: lime;">Some photps from the morning by Wendy Naruo (click on image for a larger view)</span></em></div><br /><tt><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Bird Lists</span></em></tt><br /><tt><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Location: Natural Bridges SB <br />Observation date: 4/9/10 <br />Notes: SCBC field trip <br />Number of species: 68 </span></span></tt><br /><tt><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canada Goose (Large) 2 <em>pair flying over</em> <br />Mallard 1 <br />Surf Scoter 15 <br />California Quail 1 <em>heard only; likely mmore present</em> <br />Red-throated Loon 4 <br />Pacific Loon 35 <em>migrants flying up the coast offshore</em> <br />Western/Clark's Grebe 5 <em>small group too far to ID</em> <br />Brown Pelican 2 <br />Brandt's Cormorant 3 <br />Double-crested Cormorant 1 <br />Pelagic Cormorant 1 <br />Great Blue Heron 1 <br />Snowy Egret 2 <br />Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 <br />Red-shouldered Hawk (California) 1 <br />Killdeer 1 <br />Black Oystercatcher 2 <br />Spotted Sandpiper 1 <br />Whimbrel (American) 9 <br />Black Turnstone 5 <br />Surfbird 75 <em>two flocks, one of over 30, one of over 40</em> <br />Sanderling 50 <br />Western Gull 20 <br />California Gull 2 <br />Pigeon Guillemot 2 <br />Rock Pigeon 10 <br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 <br />Mourning Dove 8 <br />Anna's Hummingbird 7 <br />Allen's Hummingbird 2 <br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 <em>great views of one near the butterfly boardwalk</em> <br />Black Phoebe 3 <br />Steller's Jay 2 <br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 8 <br />American Crow 15 <br />Common Raven 2 <br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15 <br />Oak Titmouse 8 <br />Bushtit 20 <br />Pygmy Nuthatch 20 <br />Bewick's Wren 10 <br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 <br />American Robin 7 <br />Wrentit 1 <br />Northern Mockingbird 1 <br />California Thrasher 1 <br />European Starling 20 <br />Cedar Waxwing 150 <br />Orange-crowned Warbler 10 <em>migrants singing around the park</em> <br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10 <br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 50 <em>most numerous migrant warbler</em> <br />Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 <br />Wilson's Warbler 5 <br />Spotted Towhee 8 <br />California Towhee 12 <br />Fox Sparrow 1 <em>calling near the bend in the road</em> <br />Song Sparrow 12 <br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2 <em> one seen, one heard only</em> <br />White-crowned Sparrow 10 <br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 8 <br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3 <br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 2 <br />Brewer's Blackbird 5 <br />Brown-headed Cowbird 8 <em>many singing and displaying</em> <br />Hooded Oriole 1 <em>calling in the distance around Swanton Blvd.</em> <br />Bullock's Oriole 1 <em>calling and singing in eucalyptus near marker #4, but not seen </em>Purple Finch (Western) 1 <br />House Finch 10 <br />American Goldfinch 10 </span></tt><br /><br /><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_99360aaf-5e52-4fb6-9b37-40ac19edcacb" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Location: Antonelli Pond</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Observation date: 4/9/10</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notes: SCBC Field Trip</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Number of species: 50</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mallard 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruddy Duck 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pied-billed Grebe 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Double-crested Cormorant 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Heron 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 <em>likely the same as was at Natural Bridges earlier</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">American Coot 6</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Semipalmated Plover 1 <em>flew over, calling</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Western Gull 10 </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California Gull 20 </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glaucous-winged Gull 1 </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rock Pigeon 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eurasian Collared-Dove 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mourning Dove 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vaux's Swift 1 <em>flying among swallows; calling</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anna's Hummingbird 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black Phoebe 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">American Crow 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Common Raven 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tree Swallow 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Violet-green Swallow 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cliff Swallow 75 <em>most toward Raytek, but some around the pond</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barn Swallow 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Titmouse 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bushtit 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bewick's Wren 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">American Robin 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northern Mockingbird 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">European Starling 12</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cedar Waxwing 100</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Orange-crowned Warbler 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Common Yellowthroat 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 3</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spotted Towhee 2</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">California Towhee 4</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 <em>fairly dark type</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Song Sparrow 8</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White-crowned Sparrow 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Golden-crowned Sparrow 6</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 40</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer's Blackbird 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brown-headed Cowbird 8</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Finch 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">American Goldfinch 10</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(</span><a __removedlink__38285986__href="http://ebird.org" href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue; 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HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456852550506686706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qie6iiqPI/AAAAAAAAArk/hyziS6IIZfQ/s200/aIMG_2083.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip visited Moore Creek Preserve at the west edge of Santa Cruz. Among the highlights were four WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (apparently two pairs) in the Vernal RIdge area of the preserve, the males looking especially colorful among the large patches of goldfields and other flowers. Two COOPER'S HAWKS in this area were acting like a pair, and one was doing a display flight, though that one was a first spring bird retaining juvenal plumage. Three GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were singing in the grasslands, though staying well hidden in the grass. There were several SAVANNAH SPARROWS that seemed to be in nesting territories. The wintering WESTERN MEADOWLARK flock was still around, with 50+ birds. A WILD TURKEY was wandering through the grass near Moore Creek Canyon on the upper part of the slope, the first of those I have seen in that preserve. The forest areas had a lot of singing warblers, especially TOWNSEND'S and ORANGE-CROWNED, with some WILSON'S and YELLOW-RUMPED. Deer were numerous, and coyotes were howling and wandering around.<br /><div>~Steve Gerow</div><span style="DISPLAY: inline-block" contenteditable="false"></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjDFQmE9I/AAAAAAAAArs/eBfLaaMMXvY/s1600/aIMG_2063.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 79px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456853171859493842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjDFQmE9I/AAAAAAAAArs/eBfLaaMMXvY/s200/aIMG_2063.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjaTycp7I/AAAAAAAAAr0/JbXWiV3dfYw/s1600/aIMG_2065.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456853570896570290" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjaTycp7I/AAAAAAAAAr0/JbXWiV3dfYw/s200/aIMG_2065.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjtDvjXmI/AAAAAAAAAr8/vFz_aaOLqNs/s1600/aIMG_2100.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456853893006974562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S7qjtDvjXmI/AAAAAAAAAr8/vFz_aaOLqNs/s200/aIMG_2100.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:85%;">photos by Wendy Naruo; click on image for larger view<br /></span></em></div><br /><div>Bird List<br /><tt>Location: Moore Creek Preserve<br />Observation date: 4/2/10<br />Notes: SCBC Field Trip; Prairie View, Terrace Loop, Vernal Ridge and part of Moore Creek trails; cool and mostly cloudy, sprinkling near the end of the morning<br />Number of species: 57<br /><br />Wild Turkey 1 <em>in grasslands near edge of Moore Creek Canyon, above the lower terrace</em><br />California Quail 10<br />Great Blue Heron 1 <em>flying by just W of preserve</em><br />Northern Harrier 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 2<br />Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3<br />American Kestrel 2<br />Western Gull 10 <em>gulls flying over regularly</em><br />California Gull 20 <em>gulls flying over regularly</em><br />gull sp. 20 <em>gulls flying over regularly</em><br />Rock Pigeon 1<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 2<br />Mourning Dove 4<br />Anna's Hummingbird 3<br />Allen's Hummingbird 1 <em>Moore canyon</em><br />Acorn Woodpecker 3<br />Hairy Woodpecker 1<br />Northern Flicker 3<br />Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1<br />Black Phoebe 1<br />Hutton's Vireo 4<br />Steller's Jay 4<br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 6<br />Common Raven 4<br />Violet-green Swallow 4<br />Cliff Swallow 5<br />Barn Swallow 6<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 6 </tt></div><div><tt>Pygmy Nuthatch 8<br />Brown Creeper 1<br />Bewick's Wren 10<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1<br />Western Bluebird 4 <em>Vernal Ridge area, appeared to be two pairs</em><br />American Robin 5<br />Wrentit 3<br />California Thrasher 1 <em>singing in Moore canyon</em><br />European Starling 25<br />Cedar Waxwing 25 </tt></div><div><tt>Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 8<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 4<br />Townsend's Warbler 10 many singing<br />Wilson's Warbler (Pacific Coast) 3<br />Spotted Towhee 2<br />California Towhee 4<br />Savannah Sparrow (Western) 5<br />Grasshopper Sparrow 3 <em>all singing birds, staying hidden in the grass<br /></em>Song Sparrow 1<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 4<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 5<br />Black-headed Grosbeak 1 <em>heard at a distance in lower part of Moore Canyon<br /></em>Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 20 </tt></div><div><tt>Western Meadowlark 50 <em>still a large wintering flock</em></tt></div><div><tt>Brewer's Blackbird 5<br />Purple Finch (Western) 4<br />House Finch 10</tt></div><div><tt></tt><tt>Lesser Goldfinch 2<br /><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird</tt></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-8095396976952758040?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-15799515988828592322010-03-26T08:14:00.000-07:002010-03-27T09:51:53.806-07:00Bird List, Notes and Photos for 3/26/10- San Lorenzo River<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64l1Y4w8VI/AAAAAAAAApc/ov3ScVDCedE/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 183px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453337797936083282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64l1Y4w8VI/AAAAAAAAApc/ov3ScVDCedE/s320/005.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64mDa0wXCI/AAAAAAAAApk/PBYrY9dbVgM/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453338038974307362" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64mDa0wXCI/AAAAAAAAApk/PBYrY9dbVgM/s200/001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64ltHmFVPI/AAAAAAAAApU/o7gOVi881hw/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453337655855371506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64ltHmFVPI/AAAAAAAAApU/o7gOVi881hw/s320/006.JPG" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Common Merganser and ( center) Wilson's Snipe; photos by Steve Gerow</span></em><br /><br /><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style="DISPLAY: inline-block" contenteditable="false"></span>This Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip visited the San Lorenzo River in downtown Santa Cruz. Several of our highlights were in the stretch of river between Water Street and Highway 1. David Sidle picked out a WILSON'S SNIPE on a sandbar in the river, and soon two more came into clear view. Snipe have been quite scarce in Santa Cruz in the last few years. Then Kathy Kuyper noticed a dark MERLIN that flew in and perched east of the river. Eventually it flew, passing over us in good light, and landed in a nearby redwood. We were able to get good views of the "helmeted" looking solid dark head, with only the throat showing some light streaking, very densely streaked underparts, almost solid dark tail, without obvious bars, and very dark underwings, adding up to a rare BLACK MERLIN (subspecies suckleyi). A female AMERICAN KESTREL was also in this area, possibly part of the pair that has nested near the river in some recent years. A pair of WOOD DUCKS flew up the river, continuing north of Highway 1. We also had good studies of several COMMON MERGANSERS and BUFFLEHEADS. Swallows were numerous, with well over 100 CLIFF, and moderate numbers of VIOLET-GREEN and N. ROUGH-WINGED, plus a lone TREE near Broadway. AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES were everywhere. There was little variety in gulls, though, mostly just CALIFORNIA and WESTERN. We found only one each HERRING and GLAUCOUS-WINGED, and no Mew Gulls were left at all.<br />~Steve Gerow</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64lj3jrjJI/AAAAAAAAApM/jFW8NXWrxq4/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453337496931503250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S64lj3jrjJI/AAAAAAAAApM/jFW8NXWrxq4/s320/003.JPG" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">American Kestrel<br /></span></em><br /><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bird List</span><br /></span><tt>Location: San Lorenzo River </tt></div><div><tt>Observation date: 3/26/10<br />Notes: SCBC field trip; from San Lorenzo Park to near Hwy 1, then downstream to Broadway and back to San Lorenzo Park </tt></div><div><tt>Number of species: 54<br /></tt></div><br /><div><tt>Wood Duck 2 <em>pair flying up the river</em><br />Mallard 45<br />Bufflehead 3</tt></div><div><tt>Common Merganser 4<br />Pied-billed Grebe 2<br />Double-crested Cormorant 2 <em>flying over</em><br />Snowy Egret 1<br />Cooper's Hawk 1 <em>probably female; soaring above Water Street</em></tt></div><div><tt>American Kestrel 1 <em>betweem Water St. and Hwy 1</em><br />Merlin (Black) 1 <em>dark face with only chin</em></tt></div><div><tt><em>paler;very</em></tt><tt><em> heavily marked underparts; tail looked solid black,</em></tt><tt><em>lacking </em></tt><tt><em>obvious pale bars; </em></tt><tt><em>blackish underwings</em></tt></div><div><tt>American Coot 5 </tt></div><div><tt>Killdeer 1<br />Wilson's Snipe 3 <em>downstream from Hwy 1</em> </tt></div><div><tt>Western Gull 40 </tt></div><div><tt>Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5 </tt></div><div><tt>California Gull 50</tt></div><div><tt>Herring Gull (American) 1<br />Glaucous-winged Gull 1 </tt></div><div><tt>Rock Pigeon 25<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 4<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 6<br />Mourning Dove 10<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Black Phoebe 6<br />Steller's Jay 1 <em>calling near Hwy 1</em><br />Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal) 5<br />American Crow 15<br />Common Raven 2<br />Tree Swallow 1 <em>among other swallows near Broadway</em><br />Violet-green Swallow 25<br />Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15<br />Cliff Swallow 120<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8<br />Oak Titmouse 2<br />Bushtit 8<br />American Robin 5<br />Northern Mockingbird 3<br />European Starling 20<br />Cedar Waxwing 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 10<br />Common Yellowthroat 2 <em>both singing below Soquel Avenue</em><br />California Towhee 1<br />Song Sparrow 15<br />Lincoln's Sparrow 2<br />White-crowned Sparrow 35<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 12<br />Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2 <em>one singing near county building</em><br />Red-winged Blackbird (Bicolored) 20<br />Brewer's Blackbird 10<br />Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br />House Finch 15<br />Lesser Goldfinch 1<br />American Goldfinch 100 <em>conservative estimate; everywhere in the willows along the river, etc.<br /></em>House Sparrow 10 </tt></div><div><tt><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/</a>) </div></tt></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1579951598882859232?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-13485462458058381582010-03-23T20:55:00.000-07:002010-03-23T21:21:53.535-07:00Introducing the Santa Cruz Bird Club NewsWelcome to Santa Cruz Bird Club News, a new feature from the Santa Cruz Bird Club that will work in conjunction with the <em>Albatross</em> newsletter and the SCBC Website to keep you informed about what is going on with the bird club, and with birds and birding in Santa Cruz County.<br /> A major purpose of this news/blog site will be to feature bird lists, photos, and notes from the bird club's regular field trips, so if you are interested in what happened on a certain field trip, this is the place to look. Also look here for occasional news about other bird club activities, notes and features on interesting local birds, conservation news, ID tips, photo quizzes, and more!<br /> Among this month's entries you will find our first photo quiz, followed by lists for most of the SCBC field trips over the last few months, some including additional notes, and some interesting pictures (thanks especially to Wendy Naruo for providing some of her great photos.)<br /> The field trip reports and other entries are sorted by dates, and can be accessed by clicking on the year and month on the menu at the right side of this page. So explore what's here now, watch for more, and we hope you will find this enjoyable and useful.<br />~<em>Steve Gerow</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-1348546245805838158?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-37774548188228806212010-03-23T20:29:00.000-07:002010-03-23T20:54:15.115-07:00Photo Quiz #1<span style="font-size:85%;"><em></em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">What kind of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">bird is this</span><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"> ?</span> </em></span> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S6mH923t7eI/AAAAAAAAApE/sIpVH0icScQ/s1600-h/aIMG_8721.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452038320679677410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S6mH923t7eI/AAAAAAAAApE/sIpVH0icScQ/s320/aIMG_8721.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S6mHY_Yby-I/AAAAAAAAAo0/R5fxk1TNhHg/s1600-h/aIMG_8723.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452037687309224930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ETNyIfS1x48/S6mHY_Yby-I/AAAAAAAAAo0/R5fxk1TNhHg/s320/aIMG_8723.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>photos by<br />Wendy Naruo</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The photos above show a bird that was seen on a 2009 Santa Cruz Bird Club field trip. Can you identify it? You can find the answer here, and some ID notes, in two weeks (by April 6).</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343150027-3777454818822880621?l=santacruzbirdclubnews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Santa Cruz Bird Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04870545239304506974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701128774343150027.post-56889826316719425802010-03-21T20:23:00.000-07:002010-03-22T20:30:28.267-07:00Bird List for 3/21/10, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park<div face="arial" size="10pt" color="black"><a href="mailto:scbirdclub@Location">Location</a>: Henry Cowell Redwoods SP<br />Observation date: 3/21/10<br />Notes: Kathy Kuyper (leader); areas covered included Redwood Grove area, River Trail and Zayante Trail<br />Number of species: 39<br /><br />Wood Duck 6<br />Mallard 6<br />Common Merganser 2<br />Red-shouldered Hawk 1<br />Band-tailed Pigeon 5<br />Eurasian Collared-Dove 2<br />Mourning Dove X<br />Anna's Hummingbird 2<br />Belted Kingfisher 1<br />Acorn Woodpecker X<br />Red-breasted Sapsucker 1<br />Nuttall's Woodpecker 3<br />Downy Woodpecker 1<br />Black Phoebe 2<br />Hutton's Vireo 2<br />Steller's Jay 15<br />Western Scrub-Jay 2<br />Violet-green Swallow 6<br />Chestnut-backed Chickadee 15<br />Oak Titmouse 4<br />Bushtit 8<br />Brown Creeper 4<br />Bewick's Wren 2<br />Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4<br />Hermit Thrush 1<br />American Robin 18<br />Varied Thrush 15<br />Orange-crowned Warbler 5<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3<br />Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3<br />Townsend's Warbler 3<br />Wilson's Warbler 3<br />Spotted Towhee 6<br />California Towhee 10<br />Song Sparrow 1<br />Golden-crowned Sparrow 7<br />Dark-eyed Junco 12<br />Red-winged Blackbird X<br />Purple Finch X<br /><br />This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(<a href="http://ebird.org/california/" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/california/</a>) </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3701128774343