7/8/03

Birders:

I forgot to send a report for last week. I can do that if requested. We saw about 13 last week, I think.

This week Jon, Kent, and I walked around and saw (and heard) quite a few bird species -- 17
to be exact, a record for this time of year. Notably we didn't see a Scrub Jay.

Now if we had seen a Scrub Jay, a couple of Hawks that I saw yesterday, throw the Mallards in, and the Yellow-chevroned Parakeets that are often a dime a dozen, fold in a couple more woodpeckers, a Gull, a White-throated Swift and a couple of Egrets, then we'd have tied the all-time record! But we didn't.

It was pleasant weather though, about 85 F I'd say and clear.

The list:

Rock Dove	Mockingbird	House Sparrow
Mourning Dove	House Finch	Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker	Crow	Black Phoebe
Red-masked Parakeets	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Spotted Towhee
Bewick's Wren	Bushtit	Band-tailed Pigeon
Red-crowned Parrot	Lesser Goldfinch

Alan

7/15/03

Five started and 3 finished today. It was about 90 F. Ashish quit at Tournament Park but not because of the heat; he had to pick his son up from summer school. Glenn though wilted when we crossed California at Wilson and scurried back to the safety of air conditioning. That left, Kent, Bill, and me to carry on. We did so. Total species was 14. Lots of interesting sounds in the maintenance yard and maybe they were all Spotted Towhees. Jon could have saved us some time there as we tried in vain to see them.

Rock Dove
Scrub Jay
Mockingbird
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
House Finch
Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Crow
Spotted Towhee
Red-masked Parakeets
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Phoebe
Lesser Goldfinch


Alan

7/22/03

Birders:

Yesterday was a very pleasant birding day. Not too hot in the weather department, only about 80F. It was partly cloudy. The walkers were Glenn, Ashish, and me.

The species observed:

Rock Dove
Scrub Jay
Mockingbird
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
House Finch
Acorn Woodpecker
Crow
Red-masked Parakeet
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Phoebe
Bushtits
Band-tailed Pigeon

13 total

I will miss the next two weeks due to a conference in Japan. Please carry on and send me the results by email.

Thanks
Alan

7/29/03

Ashish and Kent, with a hello to John on the way

High clouds, thunderheads,
Ashish says 80's, Kent, who is softer, says 90's
Humid---really humid for Pasadena

Rock Dove	Scrub Jay	Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow	Mourning Dove	House Finch
Anna's Hummingbird	Acorn Woodpecker	Crow
Red-masked Parakeet	Bushtit	Black Phoebe