http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/ south-bay-birds Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:42:05 GMT Ron Wolf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10505 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10505 I saw four Lawrence's Goldfinches at Stevens Creek County Park Wednesday 6/19 about 11 a.m. They were along the small creek on the nearly dry bed of the Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:23 GMT Bob Reiling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10504 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10504 All, Yesterday (6/18), in need of exercise, I first walked the upper Sanborn Skyline park trail (Bay Area Ridge Trail) from just East of Castle Rock Park for Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:11 GMT Bill Bousman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10503 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10503 Folks: This morning, 6/18/13, I walked up the east side of Stevens Creek from Crittenden Lane, crossed over above La Avenida, and returned by the west side. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:08:20 GMT DOTTYCALA@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10502 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10502 This morning I birded the trail that goes from the parking lot at the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Plant out to the fences at the back of Lockheed Martin. About Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:07 GMT Don Ganton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10501 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10501 Yesterday evening I was walking with my daughter at Edith Morley Park Park in Campbell and saw a Vaux's Swift among the swallows that were flying over the Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:09 GMT Nancy Teater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10500 I have two Cal Towhees in my yard that have recently been joined by a third bird, apparently an adult. Now there are dust-ups between the birds every day, Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:43:36 GMT Chuq Von Rospach http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10499 Two weeks ago (sigh, sorry this is so late) I spent an evening down at Baylands photographing the Stilt Chicks that were near the parking lot. At the time, I Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:39 GMT Richard Stovel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10498 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10498 All - On Friday Al Eisner reported seeing eggs under the Black Skimmers nesting on the island in Shoreline Lake. I spoke with a Shorelline biologist who was Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:42:45 GMT garthhallsbb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10497 I heard a Northern Pygmy Owl calling from the wooded slope near the western end of Palo Alto's Foothill Park (the picnic area furthest from the Page Mill Road Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:42:42 GMT Kirsten Holmquist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10496 Hi all, We had a beautiful day at the coastal end of Big Basin this morning for the SCVAS walk at Rancho Del Oso. We had 18+ BRANT grazing along the beach in Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:52:35 GMT Tom Grey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10495 Adobe Creek seen from the levee separating it from Charleston Slough has been very lively the last couple of sunny mornings (6/13-14/1013). The COMMON Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:57:58 GMT Mike Rogers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10494 All, Impressed with the number and variety of shorebirds at the San Francisquito Creek delta (San Mateo County) back on the Palo Alto Summer Bird Count on 1 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:35:14 GMT Bill Bousman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10493 Folks: My first stop this morning, 6/13/13, was the Sunnyvale Baylands Park. Most interesting was a VAUX'S SWIFT over the mitigation wetlands, presumably one Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:10:44 GMT Caroline Lambert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10492 I went for a long hike at Monte Bello OSP today. It was not intended to be a birding outing, but that's hard to avoid...here are some birds of note... Right by Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:02:50 GMT Al Eisner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/message/10491 ... I appreciate the careful readers -- it took three replies to this to catch on to the mistake. Of course, I meant Forster's Terns. (I guess I had just