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10 Oct Varied Thrushes along Skyline ["kschnei1000" ] 10 Oct Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs in Burlingame ["George Chrisman" ] 9 Oct more Half Moon Bay ["Alvaro Jaramillo" ] 9 Oct WFO in Half Moon Bay. ["Alvaro Jaramillo" ] 8 Oct Rare birds at Coyote Pt. ( Wednesday ) [] 8 Oct Teal x3 @Radio Road - Correction [sonny mencher ] 8 Oct Teal x 3 @Radio Road [sonny mencher ] 8 Oct RE: Tropical Kingbird ["Alvaro Jaramillo" ] 8 Oct Tropical Kingbird [Al Eisner ] 07 Oct Pescadero Marsh (Eurasian Wigeon) [Bill Bousman ] 7 Oct RE: Re: Anyone been to Wavecrest recently? ["Alvaro Jaramillo" ] 08 Oct Re: Anyone been to Wavecrest recently? ["martin000ec" ] 7 Oct Anyone been to Wavecrest recently? ["C MacIntosh" ] 7 Oct Orchard Oriole at Coyote Pt. [] 07 Oct latest Optics and Books ["birder47" ] 6 Oct San Mateo County coast ["Scott Smithson" ] 6 Oct Lark & Chipping Sparrow 10/5/2008 ["Garth Harwood" ] 5 Oct Swainson's Hawk and Common Tern [] 05 Oct Etheldore (Tropical Kingbirds) [Bill Bousman ] 05 Oct Coyote Point - Sunday AM [] 4 Oct TKs and Blackpoll ["Dan Singer" ] 04 Oct Radio Road Shorebirds 10/3/08 ["George Chrisman" ] 03 Oct Redwood Shores [] 03 Oct Re: Rocketing Canada geese [JC Dill ] 3 Oct Coyote Point (Friday morning) [Al Eisner ] 03 Oct Rocketing Canada geese [susan hons ] 2 Oct Fall Challenge for SFBBO - Calaveras Catchbirds ["Kris Olson" ] 2 Oct Fall Challenge for SFBBO - Calaveras Catchbirds ["Kris Olson" ] 01 Oct Redwood Shores [] 01 Oct San Bruno Mountain: Monday's Local Updates ["Jeff Fairclough" ] 30 Sep Tennessee Warblers at Coyote Pt. [] 30 Sep SFBBO San Mateo County trip 10/4 ["SFBBO Outreach" ] 30 Sep Black-throated Gray Warbler at Redwood Shores office [Mike Aicardi ] 29 Sep Osprey continues in Burlingame ["Kris Olson" ] 29 Sep Parula and mixed Columbid flock, Pescadero ["Garth Harwood" ] 29 Sep Western Screech Owls near Skyline Ridge OSP [Georgia Stigall ] 29 Sep 25 year old Gull Radio Road ["IIWI1" ] 29 Sep Bayside (Sept. 28) [Al Eisner ] 29 Sep Pectoral Sanpiper & Red Knot @ Princton Marsh 9/28/08 ["George Chrisman" ] 28 Sep San Bruno Mtn St/Co Park Ridge , 9/28/08 ["Laurie" ] 28 Sep Coyote Point County Park , 9/27/08 ["Laurie" ] 28 Sep RE: San Mateo WFO conf OCT 9-12 ["Kris Olson" ] 27 Sep Tennessee Warbler at Coyote Point [] 26 Sep Black-throated and Brewer's Sparrow [] 26 Sep Another big swallow movement ["Garth Harwood" ] 26 Sep Fall Myrtle in Menlo Park [Bill Bousman ] 25 Sep Coyote Pt. Sabine's Gulls [] 24 Sep Eurasian Wigeon at Redwood Shores [] 24 Sep RE: Moss Beach & Skylawn Cemetery ["Alvaro Jaramillo" ] 24 Sep RE: Moss Beach & Skylawn Cemetery ["Kris Olson" ] 24 Sep Moss Beach & Skylawn Cemetery ["Kris Olson" ] 24 Sep Pectoral Sandpiper continues in Moss Beach ["D Weber" ] Subject: Varied Thrushes along Skyline From: "kschnei1000" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:17:50 -0000 Apologies if this has already been noted. I've been focusing on the insects and spiders rather than the birds on my hikes lately, but I thought I'd mention that I heard quite a few VATH for the first time this fall at upper Huddart County Park on Thursday (10/9). My birding- by-ear skills are a bit rusty, but there seemed to be quite a few of them. Perhaps this will be another bumper year for VATH like a couple of years ago? Ken Schneider Redwood CitySubject: Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs in Burlingame From: "George Chrisman" <geodani55 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:21:00 -0000 This afternoon, 10/9/08 around 5:30 pm I birded the Sanchez Lagoon near the Anza exit from 101 in Burlingame. Best birds were a single SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and a single LESSER YELLOWLEGS along with 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. There were several GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS and a couple of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS along the paved trail on the east side near the golf center. A nice flock of about 10 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were also feeding in the sweet fennel. One WESTERN MEADOWLARK was the first I have seen in the county this fall. George Chrisman Burlingame, CASubject: more Half Moon Bay From: "Alvaro Jaramillo" <chucao AT coastside.net> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:04:15 -0700 Folks Sorry, I forgot to mention that Steve heard the rattle of a longspur at Etheldore, while I was busy doing something else. The bird did not sit around to be enjoyed, a heard only, and assume Lapland Longspur. Alvaro Alvaro Jaramillo chucao AT coastside.net Half Moon Bay, California Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide www.fieldguides.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: WFO in Half Moon Bay. From: "Alvaro Jaramillo" <chucao AT coastside.net> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:48:57 -0700 Folks Steve Rottenborn and I led a great trip birding some spots between Moss Beach and Pillar Point. The highlights were a Blackburnian Warbler Steve found at the Fitzerald Marine Reserve, and then we got a Sage Thrasher that was at the Etheldore Fields in Moss Beach. A Red Knot was at the harbor, with two Wandering Tattlers. There were many other neat birds, but those stand out as the top dogs. Good birding Al Alvaro Jaramillo chucao AT coastside.net Half Moon Bay, California Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide www.fieldguides.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: Rare birds at Coyote Pt. ( Wednesday ) From: Tronthorn AT aol.com Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:36:01 EDT Another early morning visit to the field next to the P.G.E substation and west of the fresh water marsh at Coyote Point. The sky was clear this morning with many birds flying overhead. Yellow-rumped Warblers increased from yesterday, many in flight over the field.Savannah Sparrows were dropping in out of the sky. At least ( 2 ) of the Savannah Sparrows seen were of a different race than our local breeder. A Say's Phoebe was a new arrival. Many more crowned sparrows showed up in the last day. The large patch of Sweet Fennel demonstrated how important of a plant species it is of a food source to birds. Besides sparrows, finches and Red-winged Blackbirds seen today, there were ( 16-18 ) Yellow Warblers, ( 12 ) Yellow-rumped Warblers, ( 1 ) Common Yellowthroat and a Nashville Warbler. The Nashville Warbler was another new arrival. This species could be a new arrival or a continuing bird was a TENNESSEE WARBLER. The Tennessee Warblers that have been present at the fennel patch tend to spend more time down in the fennel compared to the Yellow Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers feeding in the upper portions of the plant. Another new arrival was a LUCY'S WARBLER This nondescript warbler with gray upperparts and pale underparts with a pale buffy wash showed off its tawny uppertail coverts and wagged its tail a couple of times. The Lucy's Warbler evidentially disappeared into the jungle of flowering fennel. The unexpected surprise came, when I was walking the field west next to the P.G.E substation, when a medium size passerine flushed well ahead of me. The view was quick without binoculars. There appeared to be a whitish patch in the wing coverts. The tail showed white tips to the rectrices as it spread its tail in flight. I had no ideal what it was, since the sighting was brief. I yelled old hell and took off in the direction where it flew off to. I had a feeling it might land on the Coyote Bush in the ravine separating the field. Scanning the Coyote Bush, there was the bird perched on top showing whitish underparts with distinct dark streaking throughout the underparts. The bill was large giving an impression of a grosbeak. Bam, it was a LARK BUNTING! The Lark Bunting stared back at me for a moment and flew west into the field. The Lark Bunting would be first ever for Coyote Point. Ron Thorn |